Decision
Rule 24 provides that "When one or more players belonging to an existing table aid in making up a new one, he or they shall be the last to cut out." This rule applies only when a player leaves an existing table to help make up another, when, without him, there would not be four players for the new table.
When a player leaves a table and cuts into another, his presence not being required to complete the table he enters, he has the same standing as the others at that table.
Case 5
A player belonging to one table expresses his desire to join another, cuts for the privilege of entering in accordance with Rule 23, and fails to cut in. At the end of the rubber, must he cut again?
Decision
By his first cut he lost his rights at his former table and became a member of the new table; at the end of the rubber he has the right to enter without cutting.
Case 6
The bidding in an Auction deal was as follows:—
| 1st Round | 2d Round | 3d Round | |
| North | 3 Royals | Redouble | Double |
| East | No | No | No |
| South | 4 Hearts | No | Double |
| West | Double | 6 Clubs | Claims new deal |