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| New rules for Duplicate Bridge players |
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The EBU introduced the new laws on 1st August 2017. There are no earth shattering changes but a few tweeks and adjustments that you should be aware of, particularly:-
- You are now expected to shuffle your hand before returning it to the board. This has been recommended practice for many years and is now codified into the laws.
- Defenders are now allowed to ask one another whether they have revoked and, providing neither of them have led or played to the next trick, the possible revoke can be corrected. Any card they played in error before the correction becomes a penalty card. When this occurs you should call the director who will explain the significance of the penalty card and the non-offending side's right to change any cards they may have played after the initial revoke.
- Defenders can now draw their partners attention to any trick that they have wrongly attributed when quitting it, by pointing the card the wrong way, providing they do so before the next trick is in play.
Click here to be redirected to the EBU summary of the changes
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| Unintended Calls |
The EBU have produced a useful video explaining the laws as revised in August 2017
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