The buck stops where?

[moose]

This is a clocked tournament with adjustments given for unfinished boards, both pairs were equally at fault.

As TD what do you do here?

 

[hv=d=e&v=n&n=sq854hjt942djt53c&w=skj9hak8753dq4ct3&e=sat7hq6da96ck9876&s=s632hdk872caqj542]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv]

 

West North East South

 

 -     -     1♣    Pass

 1♥    Pass  1NT   Pass

 2♠    Pass  3NT   Pass

 Pass  Pass  

 

CA C3 S4 C7

D2 DQ D5 D6

H3 H2 HQ C5

S7 S2 SJ SQ

D3 D9 DK D4

S6

[inquiry]

3NE-1

 

Surely on this line it is reasonable to see he will score SAK, HAKQ, DAQ, and CK. If he has never taken the spade finesse, it would be more problematic, as he might have theoretically gotten the finessee right.

 

Note, not all TDs will come close to assigning a score. In which case Averages might be assigned.

[barmar]

I agree. It looks like there's almost a squeeze against North in the red suits, but reasonable defense seems to kill it.

[mink]

This is easier to judge if we see the situation when play stops:[hv=d=e&v=n&n=s85hjt94djtc&w=sk9hak875dct&e=sath6dack986&s=s63hd87cqj43]399|300|Scoring: IMP

3nt by East

N/S won 3 tricks

E/W won 2 tricks

last card played ♠6 by S [/hv]

East has 6 additional top tricks, making 8 tricks altogether, and there is no easy way to find a winning line, even double-dummy. So -1 is the correct adjust for sure.

 

However, if declarer wins 3 tricks in the dummy and then plays ♠, South is squeezed in the minors: he has to hold 3 ♣ cards and therefore must discard one of his ♦ cards. Declarer cashes ♦A and then endplays South in ♣. He must be careful to discard !C10 in the dummy on the ♦A, otherwise South can avoid the endplay by letting the dummy win the ♣10.

 

Karl