[blml] claim

[Adam Beneschan]

Ed wrote:
 
> On Jul 7, 2006, at 10:23 AM, Eric Landau wrote:
> 
> > Are those different enough mental errors to affect how we would  
> > rule?  I don't see it.
> 
> If he miscounted, then when one opponent shows out, he has still  
> miscounted and will probably still get it wrong. 

I'm not so certain of this.  If he's miscounted and believes the suit
will run, but then finds out after cashing the fourth round of the
suit that the 10 didn't drop, there's a good chance that will be
enough to wake him up.  Not a 100% chance, but a good chance.  Not
noticing the failure of this card to drop is yet a third kind of
possible mental error (it's not one that declarer has made yet, but we
probably have to decide whether he *would* make it if the hand were
played out); whether this is different enough from the other two
errors that Eric mentions, or whether we should care, are legitimate
areas of discussion.

                                -- Adam