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This document is provided
courtesy of the
American Contract Bridge League
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A Club Director’s Guide for Ruling at the Table
Duplicate Decisions
INTRODUCTION
Duplicate Decisions (DD)
has been reformatted into a book that an ACBL club director can use in place
of the official Laws
of Duplicate Contract Bridge.
All of the Laws have been written and presented in everyday English to help
club directors understand their meanings. In addition to the table of
contents, an index which refers to the appropriate Law by topic is available
in the back of this book.
DD can be used to make most of the rulings that will come up during a
typical club game. The ideal way to use this publication is to tab the most
common rulings. Occasionally DD will refer the director to the official Laws
book. In those cases, the director will have to do some research before
making a ruling.
Every club director needs to become very familiar with the Laws in order to
make good rulings. It is helpful to highlight the sections of each Law that
are most frequently used in making a ruling pertaining to that Law. DD
is designed to be used in conjunction with
The ACBL Club Directors
Handbook, which was
published in 2003 and developed to assist club directors in running
outstanding club games. The handbook contains all of the information
previously found in the Appendix to DD plus information that will help club
directors make their club games the best games in town.
The new handbook is a source of tips, ACBL regulations, ACBL programs such
as the IN (Intermediate-Newcomer) Program and New Player Services,
movements, ACBLscore, Alerts, Zero Tolerance, etc. Directors will
benefit from reading the "Ruling the Game" column, which is published
monthly in The Bridge
Bulletin. It’s a good way
to learn more about the Laws and how they should be applied.
ACBL’s web site is also a good source of information that
directors will find helpful in running club games.
Good luck! Let ACBL hear from you whenever you need help.
ACBL Director of Education
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER VIII — THE SCORE
77. Duplicate Bridge Scoring Table
78. Methods of Scoring
79. Tricks Won
CHAPTER IX — TOURNAMENT SPONSORSHIP
80. Sponsoring Organization
CHAPTER X — TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR
81. Duties and Powers
82. Rectification of Errors of Procedure
83. Notification of the Right to Appeal
Powers and Duties of an Appeals Committee
Barring of Players by Club Management
84. Rulings on Agreed Facts
85. Rulings on Disputed Facts
86. In Team Play
87. Fouled Board
88. Award of Indemnity Points
89. Penalties in Individual Events
90. Procedural Penalties
91. Penalize or Suspend
CHAPTER XI — APPEALS
92. Right to Appeal
93. Procedures of Appeal
Director’s Role
Club Appeals Committee
CHAPTER VIII — THE SCORE
77
Duplicate Bridge Scoring Table
NOTE: Please refer to the
Official Laws of Duplicate
Contract
Bridge.
78
Methods of Scoring
NOTE: Please refer to the
Official Laws of Duplicate
Contract
Bridge.
79
Tricks Won
Agreement as to the Number of Tricks Won
An agreement of the number of tricks won may not be changed
after the round has ended, except as permitted in Law 69 and Law 71.
Disagreement as to the Number of Tricks Won
If a subsequent disagreement arises, the Director must be called.
No increase in score need be granted unless the Director is called
before the round ends as defined in Law 8. Law 69 or Law 71 may
supersede this provision when there has been an acquiescence or a
concession.
NOTE: It is ACBL policy to accept a
change (for both pairs)
whenever the Director is convinced by both pairs that the
changed result is the one obtained at the table. However,
the Director is not required to grant an increase in score
and may make a two-way correction, as in the following
example, whenever appropriate. Any change must be
submitted within the correction period.
Example: North–South play 4S,
and both sides agree that
declarer took 10 tricks. The board is scored as +420 for North–South. Later North–South believe they took 11 tricks, and after
some conversation East–West agree. The Director is told but is not
convinced 100% that the actual result was +450. He may accept the
score change and matchpoint the board showing +450 for North–South. Since no increase in score need be granted, however, the
North–South matchpoint score may be reduced to what +420 earned,
or would have earned. In other words, each side gets the worst of the
situation — East–West minus 450 and North–South +420.
Correcting an Error in Computing or Tabulating the
Agreed-Upon Score
If a contract of 2 S
is played, and declarer wins 10 tricks, but
+140 is scored rather than +170, this Law applies. It states that
the correction may be made until the expiration of the period
specified for such corrections by the sponsoring organization.
Unless otherwise specified, the correction period expires 30 minutes
after the official score has been completed and made available for
inspection. Many local club games allow the correction period for
one session (for example, Tuesday afternoon) to end at the start of
the game the following week (Tuesday afternoon of the next week).
When a score is incorrectly entered on the traveling scoresheet,
it should be corrected whenever it is discovered before the end of
the correction period IF
the correction has been verified by the
opponents and IF
the Director is convinced that it is the result
that
was obtained at the table. This Law does not necessarily apply if
there is a claim or a concession.
Should a player be inattentive to either entering or checking
scores, thereby causing a number of score corrections, the Director
should consider not granting an increase in score by issuing a
procedural penalty.
Index to Duplicate Laws
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