[WellSpyder]

I couldn't find the relevant law - I wish my lawbook had a better index.

Playing a dubious pseudo-squeeze on Sunday, the last three cards in my hand when I led my last trump (♥) were ♦A4 and ♠A. I think it was fairly clear to everyone that I had the aces, but spades had not been played before and LHO had a bit of a problem with ♦Qx and ♠Kx (♦K had already been played, and dummy had ♠Qx). After a bit of thought he made the wrong choice and threw a ♦, with the result that after ♠A and ♦A his partner won the last trick with ♦7. Now, of course, LHO claimed that his discard was a deliberate unblock in order to allow his partner to score the beer card...

So who should get the beer?

[ggwhiz]

WellSpyder, on 2016-January-26, 11:48, said:

So who should get the beer?

Me, I'll send you my address.

[manudude03]

I would rule that because you aren't allowed to risk tricks to score the beer, the partner gets it in this case. If it was a different scenario and it was known that unblocking could allow partner to win the last trick with the beer, then I would allow them to claim it, but here, how could the defender know you have A4 and not A7 (or better).

[mgoetze]

I thought the person who gets the beer is always the person who scored the beer card. Also, it's 2 beers in this case.

[bixby]

I agree with mgoetze that only the person who scores the beer card gets the beer. But the OP didn't mention the result -- as I understand it to get a beer you have to get a plus score. (Which leads to the question, what if you get positive IMPs or an above-average MP score for going down in a sacrifice in which you win trick 13 with the beer card?)

[paulg]

bixby, on 2016-January-26, 20:44, said:

I agree with mgoetze that only the person who scores the beer card gets the beer. But the OP didn't mention the result -- as I understand it to get a beer you have to get a plus score. (Which leads to the question, what if you get positive IMPs or an above-average MP score for going down in a sacrifice in which you win trick 13 with the beer card?)

It doesn't lead to that question. If you are playing the contract then you must make it, if you are defending then you have to beat it.

[paulg]

WellSpyder, on 2016-January-26, 11:48, said:

Now, of course, LHO claimed that his discard was a deliberate unblock in order to allow his partner to score the beer card...

So who should get the beer?

Unblocking in order to buy your partner a beer deserves a psych exam.

[WellSpyder]

bixby, on 2016-January-26, 20:44, said:

the OP didn't mention the result -- as I understand it to get a beer you have to get a plus score.

D7 at trick 13 was the second under-trick, so the defender did indeed get a plus score.