1998 World Championship Appeals

APPEAL no. 46

Appeals Committee

*Chairman*	Rich Colker	USA
*Members*	Eric Kokish David Stevenson Becky Rodgers	CAN GBR USA

Scribe

David Stevenson

GBR

Event

1998 World Championships
Open Pairs	Semifinal

Countries

France

Greece

Players

NS	Doussot	Harari
EW	Yantsis	Delibaltadakis

Board

Board 4. Dealer West. Game All
		ª	2
		©	Q 10 6
		¨	K Q J 10 9
		§	Q 10 6 5
ª	A Q 10 5 3			ª	9 4
©	9 7 2			©	A K 8 4
¨	A 6			¨	8 4 3 2
§	9 8 3			§	J 7 4
		ª	K J 8 7 6
		©	J 5 3
		¨	7 5
		§	A K 2

West	North	East	South

Pass	Pass	Pass	1ª
Pass	1NT	All Pass

Result

1NT+1: +120

Facts

Play:
Trick 1: ©K, 3, 2, 10
Trick 2: ©4, 5, 7, Q
Trick 3: ¨K, 4, 5, 6
Trick 4: ¨Q, 2, 7, A
Trick 5: ©9, 6, A, J
Trick 6: ©8, ª6¹, ª3, ª2
Trick 7: ª9, J, Q, §5
Trick 8: §9
¹ Hesitation
The Director was called by West at the end of the hand. Declarer paused at trick six before playing from dummy.

TD's
Decision

Score stands. Law 72B1

Appellants

E/W

Players'
Comments

South and East did not attend the hearing. West said the hesitation was about 30 seconds, and it meant that North could not have the §Q otherwise the discard from dummy was obvious. North said the hesitation was about 5 seconds, and said he was just wondering what to do next. (Note: the Director agreed he had not considered the length of the pause since it was an agreed pause.) North said he had not paused earlier in the hand since he was following suit.

Committee's
Comments

The Committee decided (as a majority view) that for a player to think before making his first discard of the hand was normal, and inferences could not be taken therefrom.

Committee's
Decision

Table score stands

Relevant
Laws

Law 72 B1

Deposit

Returned	X
Forfeited


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