This is another hand that has been argued in the same championship I have been writing about.
If it matters;
EW:World class players
Declarer : World class player
LEAD=♠T
Trick 1= Declarer discards a ♦ from dummy and wins with Q
Trick 2=Declarer cashes ♥Q.
When declarer sees everyone followed, he claims, with making no statement.
When the claim is contested, TD decides 7♥ -1.
7♥ goes down only if declarer clears the trumps.
Later, after the opponents contest the claim and TD decision, declarer states that he is ok with cashing the 2nd trump but he would never cash the 3rd trump. and wants to protest the TD decision in appeal.
How would you rule this?
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