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Revoke (Renege) - A failure to follow to the suit lead when able to do so constitutes a revoke. The declarer may ask a defender who has failed to follow suit whether he has a card of the suit led (but a claim of revoke does not automatically warrant inspection of quitted tricks - see Law 66C).
In a recent bridge game, the contract was 2C doubled. The contracting team discovered, at a point in the game after a trick had been played that the opposing team had reneged. They assert that there should be a two trick penalty, and that those two tricks should be scored below the line.
one-trick penalty. The revoke law itself has been simplified*: if the offender does not win the revoke trick (himself) then there is only a one trick penalty, whilst if he does win the revoke trick the penalty would be two tricks (although only tricks won on and after the revoke.
European Bridge League 9th Main Tournament Directors Course Bad Honnef 2013 L61B Inquiring about a revoke: Declarer may ask the opponents but should he ever do so? Let us start to say that there is no need at all to draw attention to a revoke. Even if a player is absolutely sure that an opponent
From the 1940’s onwards, the American Contract Bridge League Laws Commission replaced the Whist Club, while the British Bridge League and the European Bridge League supplemented the Portland Club’s work. Now responsibility for regular revisions has been adopted by the World Bridge Federation, whose Laws Committee is charged with the task
Contract Bridge - Game Rules. OBJECTIVE OF CONTRACT BRIDGE: The objective of the game is to score points by making bids, or by defeating the opposing players’ bid. The team with the most points wins. NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 4 players. NUMBER OF CARDS: standard 52-card. RANK OF CARDS: A, K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2.
It may become a penalty card if others see it, or if it should have been played earlier it can constitute a revoke. - No card of Declarer or Dummy ever becomes a penalty card, and Dummy cannot revoke, but Declarer can. - In Duplicate play, Director also has the option to impose a procedural penalty on the player.
