[blml] claim

[Manuela Mandache]

Selon Ed Reppert <ereppert at rochester.rr.com>:

>
> On Jul 3, 2006, at 12:01 PM, John Probst wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> Maybe you should ask him why he said what he did. If he in fact
> miscounted, that's one thing, but if he simply assumed a distribution
> that turned out not to exist, that's another thing entirely.
>
Well, I was there, declarer miscounted. She had already made a remark on the
lines of 'the spades won't do this to me, will they' and very carefully watched
the first trick in the colour. She was completely taken aback when RHO (that was
me, actually) rejected the claim.

Best,

Manuela