Impossible claim

[blackshoe]

If I claim because they are high, then I play the highest first.

Then when you claim you should say so.

[shyams]

If I claim because they are high, then I play the highest first.

Then when you claim you should say so.

... but in this specific example, the claimer said so. Her claim statement included "cash 2 top diamonds", yet...

[campboy]

If I claim because they are high, then I play the highest first.

Then when you claim you should say so.

... but in this specific example, the claimer said so. Her claim statement included "cash 2 top diamonds", yet...

And if she had said "cash two top diamonds, then pitch two clubs on diamonds" I would give her all the tricks. But the line she stated had an impossible play before that, so she would not get that far. When declarer states a line which is impossible, it is normal to evaluate the claim on the basis that she will notice at the point it becomes impossible to follow, and change her line accordingly. This approach normally works to declarer's benefit, but here there are too many "normal" lines and we cannot be sure what she would have done.