[blml] claim

[John Probst]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alain Gottcheiner" <agot at ulb.ac.be>
To: "John Probst" <john at asimere.com>; "blml" <blml at rtflb.org>
Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: [blml] claim


> At 13:46 1/07/2006 +0100, John Probst wrote:
>
>>Irrational. He'll spot that LHO discards, and when the the diamonds come
>>good, he has 12 tricks. On a different layout I may not have permitted him
>>to pick up the D suit.  Ruling a disputed claim. The primary job is to
>>restore equity, but with dubious points in favour of NOs. There is nothing
>>dubious here. Any TD going the other route is absurd.
>
> Disagree. The timing of the claim shows South thought spades couldn't be a 
> problem anymore.
> The fact that West discards won't deter him from that.

For me it depends on the wording he used. If he specifically claims the 
"spades are running" I'll stick him with it. If he just says 5 spades, 3D, 
3H and a club I'll let him spot the error. As I said elsewhere I'm trying to 
get into his head.
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