[pescetom]

 pran, on 2018-February-10, 10:54, said:

If Dummy is not the last to play to the trick he shall play the lowest correct card that according to his knowledge will win the trick.
If he is unsure then that means his highest card (save for continuous ranking cards)

Is that your own interpretation or is it written somewhere?
The Law as it stands does not say that.

 BudH, on 2018-February-10, 11:08, said:

It would be easier if "cover cheaply" was used here and "win it" only used when dummy is last to play to the trick.

That would be better, but it still doesn't cover the situation where the dummy is second to play and holds more than one card that will beat both the card played by LHO and the highest card held by RHO.
I would be more in favour of disallowing such calls and obliging declarer to think for himself.
Plus of course giving dummy the power to refuse any call that does not conform to Law 46 or the cards available.

[BudH]

 pescetom, on 2018-February-10, 12:58, said:

Is that your own interpretation or is it written somewhere?
The Law as it stands does not say that.


That would be better, but it still doesn't cover the situation where the dummy is second to play and holds more than one card that will beat both the card played by LHO and the highest card held by RHO.
I would be more in favour of disallowing such calls and obliging declarer to think for himself.
Plus of course giving dummy the power to refuse any call that does not conform to Law 46 or the cards available.

The idea of "cover cheaply" or something similar is "play the lowest card which is higher than any card played to this trick thus far".

[barmar]

 BudH, on 2018-February-10, 11:08, said:

It would be easier if "cover cheaply" was used here and "win it" only used when dummy is last to play to the trick.

In my experience, that's what is actually done. I don't think I've ever heard anyone say "win" when dummy was not last to play.

The Law doesn't say this explicitly, but in practice it's the only reasonable thing to do.

[blackshoe]

It may be the only reasonable thing to do, but that won't stop people from doing something else. I have seen declarers say "win it" when dummy is second to play to the trick.

[pescetom]

 barmar, on 2018-February-10, 13:43, said:

In my experience, that's what is actually done. I don't think I've ever heard anyone say "win" when dummy was not last to play.

The Law doesn't say this explicitly, but in practice it's the only reasonable thing to do.

I agree that is it rare to hear anyone say "win" when this leaves things to the judgement of the dummy, and I certainly wouldn't be happy if my partner did so.
For that matter I have never heard anyone indicate a rank not present in the current suit, but I gather such things do happen.
Either I haven't been playing bridge long enough or I am just lucky
But Laws should cover any reasonable possibility in a coherent manner.

[weejonnie]

 pran, on 2018-February-10, 10:54, said:

No problem!

If Dummy is not the last to play to the trick he shall play the lowest correct card that according to his knowledge will win the trick.
If he is unsure then that means his highest card (save for continuous ranking cards)

And dummy is a pro that has counted the hands whilst his partner is a client who doesn't . . .

[barmar]

 blackshoe, on 2018-February-10, 16:01, said:

It may be the only reasonable thing to do, but that won't stop people from doing something else. I have seen declarers say "win it" when dummy is second to play to the trick.

Has it happened in cases where it required some judgement, like keeping count of the suit? I wouldn't have a problem if dummy had AKQx and the Jack was led.

[blackshoe]

I don't know, Barry. I do know most of the cases where I've seen it weren't as obvious as your example.

[lamford]

 barmar, on 2018-February-10, 13:43, said:

In my experience, that's what is actually done. I don't think I've ever heard anyone say "win" when dummy was not last to play.

You have not lived. Many people at Young Chelsea flippantly say "win", when dummy has a singleton king, or "small" when dummy has a singleton ace.

[blackshoe]

The One is the smallest card in the suit, isn't it?

[pescetom]

 blackshoe, on 2018-February-12, 18:23, said:

The One is the smallest card in the suit, isn't it?

It actually was, until the French Revolution
Although some say until the 14th century.

[barmar]

 lamford, on 2018-February-12, 17:16, said:

You have not lived. Many people at Young Chelsea flippantly say "win", when dummy has a singleton king, or "small" when dummy has a singleton ace.

Oh, I've seen those jokey designations many times. You can say practically anything when dummy has a singleton in the suit led, as long as it doesn't designate some other suit. I think I've even heard "try to win" when dummy has a singleton that can't possibly win -- he sheepishly apologizes for his failure.