[blml] claim

[Gampas at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/12/2007 11:59:03 GMT Standard Time,  
kgrauwel at hotmail.com writes:

>Yesterday I was called at the table for the case described below.  Both West 
and I >are (inexpereinced and playing) Club directors. West did  send me a 
mail to ask to >review my decision. West is the best player at the  table, the 
other 3 players are at >best intermediate.

>"These were  the hands when North plays a small club in a NT contract. South 
 >>>(dummy) has only small cards left, but no  Clubs.
>North        East       South       West
>C:Jxxx       C:Q10      dummy      H:  A
>>>>>>>>H:xx                 ........  D: 1098
>North plays a small Club and East shows his cards and says: "Two  clubs for 
me and >the rest is for you". West immediatly protests because he  still has 
Heart Ace and 3 >free diamonds (all higher diamonds are gone)
 
This seems an easy one to me. Anything after the claim is irrelevant  (indeed 
a well-known international once went off after claiming on a double  squeeze 
when asked to play on - the correct claim was restored; cue a poem from  David 
Burn, please!). And, as dummy is visible, the only plausible line of play  
gives all four tricks to the defenders, so four tricks to the defenders it  is.