APPEAL no. 46 |

Appeals Committee
Chairman | Rich Colker | USA
Members | Eric Kokish David Stevenson Becky Rodgers | CAN GBR USA
Scribe | David Stevenson | GBR

Event
1998 World Championships
Open Pairs | Semifinal
Countries
France | v | Greece
Players
NS | Doussot | Harari
EW | Yantsis | Delibaltadakis
Board
Board 4. Dealer West. Game All
| ª | 2 |
© | Q 10 6
¨ | K Q J 10 9
§ | Q 10 6 5
ª | A Q 10 5 3 |  | ª | 9 4
© | 9 7 2 | © | A K 8 4
¨ | A 6 | ¨ | 8 4 3 2
§ | 9 8 3 | § | J 7 4
| ª | K J 8 7 6 |
© | J 5 3
¨ | 7 5
§ | A K 2
West |  | North |  | East |  | South
Pass |  | Pass |  | Pass |  | 1ª
Pass |  | 1NT |  | All Pass |  |
Result
1NT+1: +120
Facts
Play: Trick 1: ©K, 3, 2, 10 Trick 2: ©4, 5, 7, Q Trick 3: ¨K, 4, 5, 6 Trick 4: ¨Q, 2, 7, A Trick 5: ©9, 6, A, J Trick 6: ©8, ª6¹, ª3, ª2 Trick 7: ª9, J, Q, §5 Trick 8: §9 ¹ Hesitation The Director was called by West at the end of the hand. Declarer paused at trick six before playing from dummy.
TD's Decision
Score stands. Law 72B1

Appellants
E/W
Players' Comments
South and East did not attend the hearing. West said the hesitation was about 30 seconds, and it meant that North could not have the §Q otherwise the discard from dummy was obvious. North said the hesitation was about 5 seconds, and said he was just wondering what to do next. (Note: the Director agreed he had not considered the length of the pause since it was an agreed pause.) North said he had not paused earlier in the hand since he was following suit.

Committee's Comments
The Committee decided (as a majority view) that for a player to think before making his first discard of the hand was normal, and inferences could not be taken therefrom.
Committee's Decision
Table score stands
Relevant Laws
Law 72 B1
Deposit
Returned | X
Forfeited |

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