mikeh Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 [hv=d=e&v=n&n=sqxxhkqxdxxxcqxxx&s=skxh10xxxdkqxcak10x]133|200|Scoring: IMPRHO passes, you open 1NT and LHO bids 2N: a 2-suiter with either pointed or rounded suits. Partner bids 3N and all pass. LHO leads a low heart. The K holds, as RHO pitches the spade 10, suggesting diamonds. You lead a diamond and rho rises with the A while LHO pitches a club. RHO continues a diamond, LHO pitching a heart. You cash the club K and RHO pitches a diamond...yes, rho has 2 voids. The hand is now almost an open book. Your play.[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillybean Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 short answer, noI can never do these in my head and I have only a little more success 'at the table' B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 This would have been a lot quicker had I run the opening heart lead(!).So LHO is 2=6=0=5 and RHO 6=0=7=0 (why didn't we start doubling earlier?) If LHO has the ace of spades we continue with a spade towards the queen, which he must duck. Then a diamond to hand which squeezes him in three suits (a club discard and we have 4 club tricks and can play a heart up for 9, a heart discard and we can play a heart up and eventually throw him in to give us the 9th trick in clubs). If RHO has the ace of spades what happens after a spade to the queen? He wins and let's say plays a spade back. We win and cash the diamond. LHO is down to AJxx Jxxx and has to discard a heart. We play a heart up, if he rises and exits in hearts a club to hand and a heart endplays him, if he ducks we just play another heart. But what if RHO wins the spade and plays a diamond back, on which LHO discards a spade? Now we play a heart up at once and LHO is still stuck, whether or not he wins and plays a heart, when we cash the SQ discarding a diamond he is squeezed. This seems to work unless RHO finds a smooth duck of the queen of spades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 This seems to work unless RHO finds a smooth duck of the queen of spades. Of course, if that is the lie he ought to find it, a possible squeeze is obvious. Maybe, in his dreams. p.s. I take back what I said about doubling, spades obviously plays quite well for them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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