Asleep at the wheel

In a game at the South Hills club yesterday, my opponent played "SUGARED", announced his score and hit the clock.

I wrote it down, added the score, and started tracking .... without checking the word he had used for his "s" hook until it was much too late to do anything about it except congratulate him on a sneaky play.

Even I know that "DEFTS" is bogus when I see it. I simply didn't look far enough to see it in time.

Pay! Attention!