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Posted 2006-August-15, 10:15

In the list of penalties from the European Championships, there are 2 countries which got a -0.5VP penalty for 'miscounting'. Does anybody know what they miscounted, or what it means exactly?
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Posted 2006-August-15, 12:06

Not sure, but if I had to bet, it is for beginning an auction/play of a hand when not holding 13 cards.

However, thats just a guess.
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Posted 2006-August-16, 01:50

Yes, it seems you're right. Tnx ;)
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Posted 2006-August-16, 06:10

rec.gmes.bridge suggested that this penalty was related to mechanical scoring errors. (Reporting a contract that made 4 tricks as making 3, that sort of thing)
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Posted 2006-August-17, 11:09

I suppose it might be a translation problem, but I would call that "misscoring", not "miscounting". Failing to count cards at the beginning sounds more plausible, and someone in the r.g.b thread mentioned it as a possibility (but maybe he read it here first -- it always gets confusing when people post the same question in both places).

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Posted 2006-August-17, 12:53

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3.3 Penalty for miscounting

If any player looks at his cards before counting and has 14 or more cards the
board is "fouled". The offending side will be penalized ½ VP for each occasion

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