How to play this hand single dummy?

[kgr]

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Bidding (EW silent excecpt for DBL of East):

1D-2C

2NT-3NT-(DBL)

P-RDBL

 

(could be that DBL asked for Club lead)

 

Play:

1: ♣J lead and North can hold his Q

2: ♠J for Ace of East

3: Small ♣ for Ace of South

4: ♦ to ♦A in North

5: ♠9 for Q and K

6: ♠ return for ♠T of East for -1

 

The situation at trick 6 (defence made one trick):

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Double dummy this makes on a squeeze.

Shouldn't an international player not have found this?

[temp3600]

Declarer has several possible ways of setting up a ninth trick at trick 6 : 1) the diamond finesse, 2) playing West for the ♠10 (10xxx - AQ or 10xx - AQx), 3) playing East for ♠AQ10(x) and the ♦Q.

 

Declarer went for 2).

 

I find East's double aggressive. From declarer's point of vue, East has already shown ♣K10xxx and the ♠AQ. He probably needs the ♦Q for his double, but the bidding suggests that card will be poorly placed in East's hand. (Again, I think the double is very optimistic.) Declarer seemed to believe that East had it, and was right. Does he need the ♠10 too? Are the poor club suit and the likely badly placed ♦Q enough indication that East holds AQ10, and not simply the bare AQ? Tough decision...

[inquiry]

Placing the diamond queen is easy, placing the spade TEN as noted above is difficult. But three rounds of hearts to see what EAST plays (and to get a count) might be useful.

 

Someone wanting to punish EAST might try a heart to the ten. Now, 4H, 1S, 2D, 2C and EAST still has a vulnerable diamond stopper, a spade guard, a club guard. It could get ugly.

 

[hv=n=s9hdaktxc98&w=s65hj97d52c&e=sqthdq98ckt&s=sk74hkdjxxc]399|300|On the last heart, dummy plays a club and EAST? If a spade, spades run. If a diamond, diamond run. I could see a spade discard and pain would follow quickly in a redoubled contract. But either way, there is a reasonable shot at an overtrick. [/hv]

 

But the cash hearts, cash spade KING, enter dummy and throw EAST in could have been found, but if you play EAST for 5♣KT, the diamond queen, and the spade AQ, you almost have to figure the heart JACK with WEST for the initial pass and with clubs 5-2, the heart hook seems reasonable too boot.

[Fluffy]

just to note that this is a redoubled conrtract, going only 1 off can be very important