sathyab Posted August 2, 2007 Report Share Posted August 2, 2007 [hv=d=n&v=n&n=sa632h986432da2c3&w=skthkdq9843ck9752&e=sq84hqjt75djct864&s=sj975hadkt765caqj]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv] The bidding: p-p-1d-p-1h-p-1s-p-3s-p-4s With a club lead it looks like the declarer can always prevail by ruffing two Diamonds (one of which gets overruffed possibly) and eventually throwing West in with the last Diamond for an end-play in clubs. Is it makeable with a heart lead ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnszsun Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 Seeing 52 cards, it seems makeable.a small ♠ from hand, west can't afford to play King, you win ♠A,Cash ♦A, and 2nd ♠ will throw west in.His best exit card is ♣, then you throw him in again with ♦7 or 6.At last, you lose 2 trumps and one diamond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimG Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 Looks to me like double dummy I'd want to declare. After winning the heart, you can play the Ace of Diamonds, then Ace of Spades and another spade. If West wins this, he is endplayed. If West has unblocked his King of Spades, then the defense has given up a trump trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 Looks to me like double dummy I'd want to declare. After winning the heart, you can play the Ace of Diamonds, than Ace of Spades and another spade. If West wins this, he is endplayed. If West has unblocked his King of Spades, then the defense has given up a trump trick.He is not endplayed yet, he exits with a club since you always had 2 club tricks anyway. However you were onto something. You can win that club then duck a diamond, and NOW west is endplayed in this position [hv=d=n&v=n&n=s63h98643dc&w=shdq94ck975&e=sqhqjt7dc86&s=sj7hdkt7caq]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sathyab Posted August 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 I got a heart lead and played the hand on general principles: pulling two rounds of trumps and establishing Diamonds with two ruffs was the general plan and went down 1. But even if trumps break 3-2 and Diamonds 4-2, you get into trouble. Say you try to duck a spade at T2 and they force you with a heart. Now you pull another round of trumps with the Ace, then two high Diamonds and a Diamond ruff. Now you have to ruff a heart with your last trump if you want to establish Diamonds and then you go down anyway regardless of the club situation. I wonder what the best single-dummy line of play is, assuming normal distributions in trumps and side suits ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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