Re: Claim

We must assume that claimer forgot the outstanding trump, right?

I have written, for myself, a few guidelines that I apply.

One of these is that claimers that believe all tricks are theirs, will 
play long suits, then high cards, only then trumps.
And of course within these suits in any order.
So the normal plays in this lay-out are
- playing two round of clubs, finishing with two trumps;
- playing the spade and a club;
- playing one club, one ruff and the spade
In all those cases defenders get just one trick.

That would be my ruling.

Herman.

Robert Frick wrote:
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> Hearts are trump, declarer claims the rest. With no claiming statement, but he states at the table that he will play a club to the board, come back to his hand, and his last two cards are good. The spade is good.
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> So far, an easy ruling. I let him play this out, so he can see how this plays out for losing two tricks, and when he said he would ruff a club, with all cards visible, defender said she would overfuff.
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> "The Director may accept it as evidence of the players' probably lays subsequent to the claim." Right, there is no way he can lose more than one trick if she defends that way.
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