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Posted by Helen
- 02 April, 2011, 10:33 PMDear Director,
we were playing on line at Stepbridge for green pts. There is a culture of claiming to speed up the game and lines of play are not explained when claiming as it holds up play and you are likely to get a time penalty. D claimed all remaining tricks when leading a suit that I had run out of from dummy. The claim was made before Dec had played his card. Dec held AQxx in 3rd seast and I held Jx in 4th seat. D had not established that my p was out of trumps. I declined the claim and then play went on. D then played the A of trumps. I called the D as I thought that by claiming and getting my decline the D had extra information that he then used to play the ace. The D refused to rule, saying that she would refer to another person. This person also refused to give us a ruling and said that we couldnt insist on either establishing a line of play or getting a ruling as this would take up too much time.
This doesnt seem quite right to me. Stepbridge is supposed to be a registered club and has tournaments for green and red points. At our normal club we would at least get a ruling.
Thanks for your time.
we were playing on line at Stepbridge for green pts. There is a culture of claiming to speed up the game and lines of play are not explained when claiming as it holds up play and you are likely to get a time penalty. D claimed all remaining tricks when leading a suit that I had run out of from dummy. The claim was made before Dec had played his card. Dec held AQxx in 3rd seast and I held Jx in 4th seat. D had not established that my p was out of trumps. I declined the claim and then play went on. D then played the A of trumps. I called the D as I thought that by claiming and getting my decline the D had extra information that he then used to play the ace. The D refused to rule, saying that she would refer to another person. This person also refused to give us a ruling and said that we couldnt insist on either establishing a line of play or getting a ruling as this would take up too much time.
This doesnt seem quite right to me. Stepbridge is supposed to be a registered club and has tournaments for green and red points. At our normal club we would at least get a ruling.
Thanks for your time.