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[David Burn]

[JF]

Also, does the EBU really want lots of defenders to call the director
when the claimant says "Cashing my spades" without the words "from the
top down" in the hope that this time, the director will judge that the
claimant might have tried to cash the lower cards first?

[DALB]

Yes. You see, a declarer might claim in this kind of position:

        None
        None
        None
        432
8                  64
None               None
None               None
AK                 Q
        75
        3
        None
        None

South in a heart contract claims saying "there are no more trumps out and
both my spades are good". How many tricks does he make?

David Burn
London, England