| MIS-BOARDING OF HANDS |
BOARDS AND MISBOARDING
- The board to be played should be left in the centre of the table so that everyone can see the vulnerability, other boards may be put to the side.
- Do not remove your cards from the board until all four players are present at the table. Count your cards before you look at them.
- At the end of the auction, all bidding cards must remain on the table until the first lead is placed face down on the table. At this stage the board must not be moved from the table, but may be moved a little from the centre, never turned.
- When players complete a board with time to spare, they often wish to look at the other hands and quietly discuss the board. This is fine but you may only remove your own hand from the board, never another player’s hand. Ensure that your hand is restored to the correct slot.
- Misboarding spoils the board for anyone yet to play it, so the Director will issue a penalty to any pair misboarding a hand, even for the first offence. At matchpoints this penalty is 10% of a top (normally about 2 matchpoints), - 120 points at aggregate scoring and 1 VP for team events.
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| Alerting |
Disclosure of agreements between partners is an important element in Bridge etiquette. Click here for information about disclosure.
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| Bridge Table Etiquette |
This item now contains important information about mis-boarding of hands. Please click here for more details.
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