[richlp]

To say that a player would always call for the highest card "just in case" does not, at least in my opinion, accord with reality for a player who knows there is a higher card outstanding.

I know it's careless to play low because I've done it. In my case the lead was in dummy and I said "Spade. You get this and I get the rest."

My opponents looked at me strangely and said "OK."

My partner looked at me strangely and said "You're buying tonight" and we went on to the next hand.

I would not be surprised if I made the same mistake again some time in the next couple of years.

[bluejak]

Chris3875, on Feb 12 2010, 05:07 AM, said:

Something seems not quite ethical about EW accepting the concession to me - I get the sense from their question to the TD that they knew S was going to take the rest of the tricks on a "normal" line of play. So, I would answer the question, Yes, South CAN concede and give you trick, but are you going to take it? I don't know about you guys, but I wouldn't.

Bridge is primarily a game of mistakes, and most good boards players get are from opponents' mistakes. Of course it is ethical to benefit from opponents mistakes: you do it all the time.

[Chris3875]

So... if you've got three winners in dummy but no way of getting over there and ops say - "the table's good" and fold up their cards, you just smile and say, thanks?
I don't think so !

[mjj29]

Chris3875, on Feb 16 2010, 03:59 AM, said:

So... if you've got three winners in dummy but no way of getting over there and ops say - "the table's good" and fold up their cards, you just smile and say, thanks?
I don't think so !

L79A2 said:

A player must not knowingly accept either the score for a trick that his side did not win or the concession of a trick that his opponents could not lose

In this case it's possible to lose the trick via legal (but not neccessarily sensible) plays, so it's certainly not illegal to accept such a concession. If your opponent had actually ducked from both hands with one outstanding card he could have drawn (don't laugh, I've seen it done) would you suggest giving them the trick back?