Dummy's missing card
A lady of a certain age dropped her cards to the floor before the bidding began. She picked them up and the auction proceeded and finished with her being dummy. She placed her cards on the table and the hand was played out. At trick 12 she noticed that she had run out of cards. There was one still below her chair (a diamond). The defender on her left said that had she seen five diamonds in dummy she would have known that her partner's opening lead was a singleton, and would have returned the suit for a ruff. She wants an adjusted score, from 3 clubs doubled making, to one light.
How much responsibility does each defender have for noticing that there are only 12 cards in dummy? Does she have rights to an adjusted score?
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- NICK WHITTEN04 Apr 2025 at 09:22AM
Tabling a 12-card dummy is an infraction (Law 41D) and if it damages the other side there should be a rectification.
the hard part is assessing whether damage has occurred
If, for example, the missing card was higher rank than the one led then whether dummy had 4 or 5 cards would have no bearing on the decision not to return the suit.If the situation is obscure a weighted score might be appropriate
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