[blml] claim

[Herman De wael]

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No Sven, again you have failed to distinguish between blml and the real world.

Herman De Wael
Wilrijk, Antwerpen, Belgium
www.hdw.be

----- Original Message -----
 > 
 > Tim
 
 Tim's comment is apparently based mainly upon the uncertainty whether the
 claimer said or asked that the spades would run through.
 
 Let me remind that any doubtful points shall be resolved against the
 claimer. (Law 70A)
 
But there are no doubtful points !!!!!!
The doubtful point here is on blml, where we cannot be certain what the player said to Manuela, and what he meant with it, and what a good translation is.
To Manuela, there are probably no doubtful points. She knows exactly what claimer intended, and she has now checked her ruling

**
 And IMO a claim with a question is OK if the question is something like: "If
 the spades run I have the rest, if not I concede one trick."
 
 Or: "If the spades run I have the rest, if not then I play Diamonds from top
 for three or four tricks."
 
 But any question like: "Do the spades run? If not then I have to think
 again" is entirely improper.


And that is absolutely not what Tim intended.
And if it is what claimer said, then his "if not" is not "I'll have to think again" but
"I'll have a trick less".
Which is an entirely proper way of claiming.
 
PS: I'm working from a new webmail, a horrible one. I hope by now my mails get through, because the thing also insists on adding its name to my mails, of course unknown to blml, so my previous mails bounced. I hope Henk has it settled now.

 Sven
 
 
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