Trumpace Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 [hv=d=s&v=n&n=sj92h94d842cak876&s=skt3hakqt8762dakc]133|200|Scoring: RubberLead ♥5[/hv] You are South and have reached a contract of 6♥ (Please don't ask about the bidding) You get a lead of ♥5. Plan the Play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillybean Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 Pray that West led from Jx, take the first trick with the 9♥, cash AK♣ and claim B) or East has ♥J3, play 9 and when east puts up the J, win in hand, return to table with ♥, cash AK♣... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bid_em_up Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 Dealer: South Vul: None Scoring: Rubber ♠ J92 ♥ 94 ♦ 842 ♣ AK876 ♠ KT3 ♥ AKQT8762 ♦ AK ♣ [space] Lead ♥5 You are South and have reached a contract of 6♥ (Please don't ask about the bidding) You get a lead of ♥5. Plan the Play. Of course, Kathryn has good suggestions, but if you manage to create an entry to dummy, then there is no problem. B) I would normally not expect the heart 9 to hold if you play it, however since we do have 10 hearts, it is probably best to play small from dummy at trick one hoping for a stiff J. Even if the J is played on your right, all is not lost. I'm pretty sure you will make this on a psuedo-squeeze. Especially if you have not indicated your club void and spade holdings in the auction. Cash all the hearts but one, followed by the AK♦. You will be down to four cards. Your hand will be K10x of spades and the last trump, dummy will be AK8♣ and the 8 of diamonds (having pitched all of dummies spades). By now you should have a pretty good idea of both where the spade Ace is and whether or not it has been blanked. If you know it has been blanked, lead a small spade, if you dont think it has been or are unsure about it, play the spade K. It is practically assured that the AQ will both fall on this trick or that the hand winning the spade A will have to lead a club to dummy. There may be another legitimate line....but it won't be as much fun. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 unless the opponents are able to count to 12 in which case they will realize that unless you have a club void you have 12 tricks. Anyways I think the 99 % line is best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo81 Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 If you play the ♥9 from dummy and it's covered, then you can draw the last trump with dummy's ♥4. If it doesn't get covered, play ♣AK pitching two spades. This fails if LHO has Jx(x) of hearts and a club singleton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bid_em_up Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 Ok, I admit it. I didnt look at the spots. B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 Noble's right. All you need to to do is cover an honor with an honor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeRJ Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 bid_em_up Posted on Jun 22 2007, 03:56 PM Ok, I admit it. I didnt look at the spots. moi aussi - easy to miss! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrexford Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 I think that my favorite part about the mystery of how to make 6♥ is that Apollo81 was kind enough to keep this puzzler, this wretched mind-bender, a pleasure for each of us to figure out for ourselves. No spoilers here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillybean Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 Spoilers! ppffft this IS the B/I forum :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenrexford Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 Spoilers! ppffft this IS the B/I forum :P Doh! Caught again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 I missed the spots also untill I read Kathryn's post, well done! :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vuroth Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 I'll confess, the solution was the VERY last thing I looked at. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillybean Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 I missed the spots also untill I read Kathryn's post, well done! :) pfffft 'experts' :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trumpace Posted June 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2007 Well done jillybean (and others). In case people are wondering, this is not a "made up" hand. This actually came up at the table and the winning play was found! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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