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**Why must the opening lead be placed face down?**
Answer
Because the Laws require it — and for very good reasons.
Law 41 A. Face‑Down Opening Lead After a bid, double or redouble has been followed by three passes in rotation, the defender on presumed declarer’s left makes the opening lead face down. The face‑down lead may be withdrawn only upon instruction of the Director after an irregularity; the withdrawn card must be returned to the defender’s hand.
The Rest of Law 41
- B. Review of Auction and Questions Before the opening lead is faced, the leader’s partner and the presumed declarer (but not the presumed dummy) each may require a review of the auction, or request explanation of an opponent’s call (see Law 20F2 and 20F3). Declarer or either defender may, at his first turn to play a card, require a review of the auction; this right expires when he plays a card. The defenders (subject to Law 16) and the declarer retain the right to request explanations throughout the play period, each at his own turn to play
- C. Opening Lead Faced Following this Clarification Period, the opening lead is faced, the play period begins irrevocably, and dummy’s hand is spread (but see Law 54A for a faced opening lead out of turn). After it is too late to have previous calls restated (see B), declarer or either defender, at his own11 turn to play, is entitled to be informed as to what the contract is and whether, but not by whom, it was doubled or redoubled.
- D. Dummy’s Hand After the opening lead is faced, dummy spreads his hand in front of him on the table, face up, sorted into suits, the cards in order of rank with lowest ranking cards towards declarer, and in separate columns pointing lengthwise towards declarer. Trumps are placed to dummy’s right. Declarer plays both his hand and that of dummy.
Close Law 41 Parts B. to D.
The Rest of the Story
During the auction. No player may correct his partner’s explanation until a third consecutive pass occurs, which begins the "Correction Period". Facing the opening lead ends the "Correction Period" which is considered to be part of the "Auction Period," The rights and duties of the contestants change when play begins:
- During the Correction Period the presumed declarer and dummy are required to correct any misinformation provided by partner or themselves during the auction. Further in the rare case of a delayed alert, an alert is given and an explanation made if asked. (N.B. A delayed alert is not the same as a missed alert. A "missed alert" is a form of misinformation requiring the director's attention. If the lead is made face up, or almost immediately turned over, while the declarer or dummy who realizes a missed alert or a mistaken explanation occurred, remains required to explain, the timing of the explanation changes.
- When the Declaring Side Is the Offending Side If the declaring side has provided misinformation: - Declarer must correct the misinformation after the final pass and before the opening lead is faced. - If the opening lead has already been faced, declarer's obligation1. is to correct the misinformation after the play has concluded, before the next board.
When the director is called before the opening lead is faced the director may in a proper case:
- Allow the opening face down lead to be retracted without penalty. or
- Restart the auction with the last defender to pass, if the defender's election to pass was influenced by the misinformation.
- The director should advise the non-offenders in either case to recall him to the table if they believe they were damaged by the misinformation when play ceases.
- When the Defending Side Is the Offending Side If the defending side has provided misinformation: The defenders must correct the misinformation after the play has concluded, before the next board.
- should declarer offer an explanation after a face-up lead, the lead still may not be changed. The face‑down requirement protects everyone.
- Once the card is turned face up, even the director can not change the card lead.
- The face‑down procedure is not optional. It is a legal safeguard ensuring questions can be asked, explanations can be corrected, and the auction is fully understood before the play starts.
1. After the lead is faced the director can do nothing except to say: "Call me later if you believe you have been damaged." For this reason facing the opening lead terminates the declarer's and dummy's immediate obligation to call the director. This distinction is clear in the WBF Laws but open to interpretation pursuant to the Laws adopted by the ACBL. ↩︎
Close Explanaiton
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| The Little Old Lady |
The Uniform 
Topic: How to spot them:
The classic LOL is often described as the "Little Old Lady in Tennis Shoes".
The Look: Sensible footwear (for endurance), a cardigan (venues are cold), and a tote bag filled with convention cards from 1974.
The Vibe: They spend the first minute chatting about grandchildren to lower your guard.
The Reality: Once the cards are out, the grandmother persona vanishes, replaced by a cold-blooded card assassin.br>
Again, credit directly to Tracey's "Bridge Unleashed" on Face Book. Or also found on her Website BridgeUnleashed.com/
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| Page 1 -- Breaking News |
Except on CCN and FOX, everything can't be PAGE ONE BREAKING NEWS and contained on the home page. Check out the News Page for time sensitive articles of general interest. I hope everyone is enjoying the fresh new look of the home page. What?? Looks same? Then you missed the Shamrock in the upper right corner. 
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| Web Site Overview |
 Welcome to a website for the Siouxland Duplicate Bridge Club. (Non duplicate players may find items of interest as well.) Content will be added on a continuing basis, check back often. The left side panel has a top level Table of Contents. Use this to locate material of interest to you. Results from our club games, reported to ACBL Live, are posted automatically. These results also serve to update the Competitions Section.
Logging in while viewing the site is optional. being logged in is necessary to use several features. One must be logged in to do any of the following:
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- Use the "Find a Partner" feature.
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The Siouxland Duplicate Bridge Club is located in Sioux City, Iowa and has members from all over the Tri State area including North Sioux City, and Dakota Dunes, South Dakota, South Sioux City, Nebraska, Sergeant Bluff, Moville, Orange City and other locations. Duplicate bridge games are sectioned by the ACBL.
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| Partner? Where art thou? |
Bridgewebs has two separate partnership seeking systems. Both require a member sign in to the site before using the service. "Find a Partner" is a built in Bridgewebs feature.. It allows a posting on a particular day showing a member is seeking a partner for the game.. This may be agmented with an email directed to a selected (by you) list of members advising you are looking for a partner for for a particular game.. The is accessed from the membership page or directly on the monthly calendar.
The second method is used to help find a long term partner,. There is a form on WANTED (Long Term) PARTNER Once you fill it out it is posted much like a post card on a bulletin board.. This might be appropriate for finding a partner interested in a new system, or for a future event held else where,. Omaha Regional?. Nationals next summer?. Basically this us a way to let others know your interests without talking on and on.
Happy hunting.
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Bridgewebs has two separate partnership seeking systems. Both require a member sign in to the site before using the service. "Find a Partner" is a built in Bridgewebs feature. ..........
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| Yes, there is an App, BUT |
The iStore and Android Store have a Bridgewebs App, but it is very under powered as compared to the full website.. It presents some of the news pieces in random order. And it provides a list of upcomjng games. Finally, it does allow looking at the results of recent games. The results are the most useful showing rankings, a private scrore card with the results on each board, and a traveler for each board. It does not provide any hand analyisis. Simply put, it is an extract of what is available on the web site. If you try the App the first step is to select the siouxland club.. The icon to do this is on the far right.
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