Re: How careless is careless?

On 9/29/2017 5:15 PM, David Grabiner wrote:
> From your facts, it appears that East knows that West has good spades,
> and that the club may not be good (because dummy has a higher club, or
> declarer is likely to have one).

I agree that the ruling depends on the cards East can see and on the 
play up to that point.

>  If that is the case, leading a club is
> irrational (if you use the claim rule) and not a logical alternative (if
> you use the UI rule), and the defense gets the last two tricks.

I don't see any UI.  The relevant Law seems to be 70A in general and 
70D2 in particular, i.e., is a club from East "normal" or "irrational" 
based on East's information and state of mind.  The OP said "E ... was 
always going to lead partner[']s set up suit," which suggests a club 
would have been irrational in the circumstances.  If that is not a 
"doubtful point (L70A)," then the claim should be allowed.

I am thinking about a PP to West, probably a warning, but I'm not sure 
whether one is appropriate or not.  Claiming is entirely proper, but 
here West has claimed at a time that makes it impossible for him to 
follow L68C, so you could argue it's a violation of procedure.  Despite 
that, West may have thought East had only spades left.  I think I 
wouldn't give a PP unless West often does this sort of thing, but I'd 
warn him that the ruling could well have gone against him, and that it's 
better to let East play before claiming.
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