Fluffy Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 With 2 tricks to go, playing 4 hearts, declarer holds ♥9 and ♣10 both are top tricks a this moment. an opponent is on lead and has ♠Q and ♥8 instead of leading ♠Q wich is good defender pulls ♥8 and plays, but at the same time declarer claims (unaware of a trump left it seemed, but didn't say anything). How many tricks for each side? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMB1 Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 The answer is not clear in law. I would rule as follows: simultaneous calls or plays are resolved so that the legal action is deemed to have happened first; the sequence lead-then-claim is legal, the sequence claim-then-lead is not ("play ceases", Law 68D); so I would rule the lead is deemed to have happened first. Declarer makes both tricks: only legal play of the remaining cards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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