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A. |
Proper
Attitude |
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Courtesy |
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A player should maintain a courteous attitude at all
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2. |
Etiquette of Word and Action |
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A player should carefully avoid any remark or action
that might cause annoyance or embarrassment to another player or might
interfere with the enjoyment of the game. |
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3. |
Conformity to Correct Procedure |
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Every player should follow uniform and correct procedure
in calling and playing. |
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B. |
Etiquette |
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As a matter of courtesy a player should
refrain from: |
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paying insufficient attention
to the game. |
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making gratuitous comments during
the auction and play. |
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3. |
detaching a card before it is
his turn to play. |
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4. |
prolonging play unnecessarily
(as in playing on although he knows that all the tricks are surely
his) for the purpose of disconcerting an opponent. |
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summoning and addressing the Director
in a manner discourteous to him or to other contestants. |
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C. |
The
following are considered violations of procedure: |
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using different designations for
the same call. |
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indicating approval or disapproval
of a call or play. |
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indicating the expectation or
intention of winning or losing a trick that has not been completed. |
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commenting or acting during the
auction or play so as to call attention to a significant occurrence,
or to the number of tricks still required for success. |
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looking intently at any other
player during the auction and play, or at another players hand
as for the purpose of seeing his cards or of observing the place from
which he draws a card (but it is appropriate to act on information
acquired by inadvertently seeing an opponents card) (21). |
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showing an obvious lack of further
interest in a deal (as by folding ones cards). |
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varying the normal tempo of bidding
or play for the purpose of disconcerting an opponent. |
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leaving the table needlessly before
the round is called. |
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(21) See Law 73D2 when
a player may have shown his cards intentionally |