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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).
Now the rules have been changed to allow defenders to ask the same question, so we should be able to reach a game of revoke-less bridge! I advise all players to get into the habit of asking the above question: 'Having none, partner?' every time partner fails to follow suit (for the first time in a suit). The penalty for a revoke can be quite ...
Laws of Duplicate Bridge 2017 NORTH AMERICAN EDITION The 2017 Laws were drafted by the World Bridge Federation Laws Committee with input from the American Contract Bridge League Laws Commission, other National Bridge Organizations, and the Bridge-playing public. This version of the Laws was approved by the ACBL Board of
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.
The Laws of Rubber Bridge 2014 replace the 1993 Laws of Contract Bridge. The American Edition of the Laws of Duplicate is also promulgated by the American Contract Bridge League. The two codes are nearly iden-tical, so far as the nature of their respective games makes it possible.
The contract is 3NT by North, and a heart is led. North plans to take the four aces, and lead the 3 of diamonds to the king. If the queen falls then she takes 10 tricks for +630. If the queen does not fall (West has 3 or 4 diamonds with the queen) the North wins only 5 tricks for -400. East is holding the Q 2 doubleton.
The rules have been changed in 2017 to decrease the severity of penalty for an insufficient bid or call out of rotation by allowing the use of a Comparable Call.
