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Aggregate Teams of IV, Board I


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60 board match, teams of 4 scoring, total points. One of you and partner have overbid.

 

[hv=d=e&v=e&n=sak8h10742dq5caj62&s=sqj1062hakdk76432c]133|200|Scoring: Total Points

4 4 P 5

P 6 P 6 all pass[/hv]

 

LHO leads the 8 of clubs. Plan the play.

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Ok, rho has KQT9xxxx in clubs.

I win the ace, take one round of spades and play the queen of Diamonds. I win the return, play a diamond, ruff a D high return to hand and draw trumps and diamonds.

 

I need not much more then diamonds 3-2 for this plan. If rho has the ace of Diamonds and continue with a club, I need him to have the doubelton diamond and spades 3-2 or a singleton 9 in rhos hand.

 

P.S.: To draw two round of trumps will loose, if the one with the ace of Diamond has a third trump. I doubt that the benefits of taking the second trump will be higher then the loss to this possibility.

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Our declarer played a spade to the queen and a diamond up, hoping to guard against 1318 in RHO's hand, but this doesn't work, because LHO can win the second diamond and play a second trump.

 

Yup, you need instead to lead a diamond towards hand, not towards the Queen. Not just in case RHO has singleton ace, but in case RHO is 3-8 in the minors. Declarer went off in just the way codo described: Q of diamonds lost to the ace, club back on which LHO discarded his second diamond.

 

I went for 800 in 4Cx in the other room, so this wasn't our best board of the day.

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