[blml] claim

[Manuela Mandache]

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

>
> On Jul 6, 2006, at 2:48 AM, Manuela Mandache wrote:
>
> > Well, I was there, declarer miscounted
>
> In your opinion. :-) On the evidence presented, I'm not so sure.
>
> It's a judgement call - and the judgement that counts is the TD's.
>

No TD has been called. It was the year's tournament of the club, "we're all
friends and we play for fun". After the claim, I present my STxxx and declarer
says 'oh! oh, then I concede a spade'. I answer 'You should play SAQJ, then S9
for my 10, I cash my two clubs and let you have the last trick in D. Forget it,
so you score 3NT+2'. 'No!', says dummy, who has taken a better look to all my
and declarer's cards, 'after SAQJ there are four tricks in diamonds, DJ comes.'
I left dummy mark the score (declarer was actually W), he started marking 3NT+3,
then declarer insisted and he changed it for 3NT+2. He did not speak to me for
one month and a few days later I had a motherly speach from declarer on the
lines of 'this kind of attitude does you no good'.

I hope this kills and buries the thread - RIP.

Cheers,

Manuela