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PAIRS MP 4 rounds 3 boards/per round 6min/per board
All this was announced and explained to all players before tourney starts.

I was called to this table in time by N/S because W had very bad connection.

I was called by N/S after the round to adjust the following board.

Scoring: MP

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W.....N.....E.....S
-......-......-......p
p.....1♦...2♣...2♥
p....3♥...4♠....p
p.....p

South leads A of ♥ and then was timeout.

Adjust is not so simple as it seems at first blush: 4♠ -1 after this excellent lead by South is sure. But if E plays on Clubs instead of drawing Spades he'll be -2.
This is not reasonable but always possible.

The issue would be even more complicated, if the timeout were before S could lead. Against ♦ lead 4 Spades is made +1.
The cause for being slow were clearly E/W.
How to do justice to N/S?

I'm looking forward to hear your opinions

Al

[mink]

Hi Al,

there is another possibility to get it 2 down: ♥A won, ♥ ruffed, ♠ won with A, ♥ ruffed, second ♣ trick ruffed. I now declarer ruffs the last ♥ and North refuses to ruff 2 ♣ tricks now, in trick 10 ♣ can be ruffed by South, overruffed by West and again overruffed by North. Dummy wins ♦A then, but declarer has to concede one of the last 2 tricks to North. Found out and proved with help of Deep Finesse. This is not unlikely to happen. So I would adjust to -2 if I was able to see this line of play in time.

I would not consider that East plays his clubs before drawing trump.

Karl