Six Shooter

[jchiu]

[hv=d=s&v=b&n=saj94haj974d6cakq&w=sk732hq10632dk9c54&e=shdc&s=shdc]399|300|Scoring: IMP

Pass Pass 1♥ Pass

 

1N Pass 2♠ Pass

 

3♦ Pass 3N All Pass[/hv]

 

You are playing upside down carding

 

♣ 5-Q-2-6

♥ 4-5-K-2

♥ 8-3-A-♦5

♠ 4-10-6-2

♣ 3-10-4-K

♠ A-Q-5-3

♠ J-♣7-8-K

 

Over to you MacDuff ....

 

[hv=d=s&v=b&n=saj94haj974d6cakq&w=sk732hq10632dk9c54&e=shdc&s=shdc]399|300|Scoring: IMP

Pass Pass 1♥ Pass

 

1N Pass 2♠ Pass

 

3♦ Pass 3N All Pass[/hv]

[gnasher]

Assuming that partner's first club was attitude and his second showed a remaining even number, declarer is 2=2=6=3. If declarer's diamonds are as good as AQ, I can't beat it, because declarer can set up a heart trick by force.

 

I'm going to have to play a diamond at some point, to set up partner's queen before dummy's heart is established, so I play ♦K now.

 

If I exit with a spade instead, I think we can just survive, even if declarer's diamonds are headed by AJ108:

- If declarer plays a heart, I switch to ♦K now.

- If declarer cashes a club, I have to throw ♦9 (if I threw a small heart, he'd play a diamond to the jack, endplaying me). If declarer now plays a heart, partner has to throw a diamond, keeping two club winners, and now I exit with ♦K.

 

Edit: that last sentence isn't quite right. After spade exit, club, heart, if partner throws a club winner I can cash my heart winner. Now partner has to throw a diamond.

Edited April 15, 2008 by gnasher

[Free]

♦K seems obvious...

[rbforster]

Assuming that partner's first club was attitude and his second showed a remaining even number, declarer is 2=2=6=3.

I'm pretty sure that since South followed to the 3rd spade trick, that makes him 3=2=5=3, consistent with partner's low card (even remaining) from 4 clubs left on the second club trick.

 

K♦ for me too, hoping for either the Q or J♦ with partner.

[gnasher]

I'm pretty sure that since South followed to the 3rd spade trick, that makes him 3=2=5=3, consistent with partner's low card (even remaining) from 4 clubs left on the second club trick.

Good point.

K♦ for me too, hoping for either the Q or J♦ with partner.

If partner's diamonds are headed by the jack, declarer has nine tricks.

[dburn]

I don't quite see the point of this problem. If declarer has the ace and queen of diamonds he is cold; if he doesn't he is down. But I had better not shift to a diamond, just in case he has the ace and queen but doesn't work out how to make the hand. Playing a spade is sure to beat the contract whenever we can beat it, and may also beat it some of the times we can't.

[Finch]

But I had better not shift to a diamond, just in case he has the ace and queen but doesn't work out how to make the hand.

Particularly as he seems not to understand what a finesse is.

 

...and chose to bid his 5-card diamond suit rather than show Kx heart support

[jchiu]

Either the last two posts are English humour (1) well beyond my American perceptions, or this forum is becoming very caustic :huh:

 

It seems that nobody cares to explain how to take themselves off a two-suited endplay. I played the remaining spade, declarer cashed the ♣A from dummy.

Here, if I tossed a heart as happened in real life, he would play a diamond to the jack (AJ107 left) to endplay me to lead into his diamond tenace. I can do no better than to cash my ♥Q. If I toss a diamond, declarer can cash the ♣A, ♦A, and establish a trick by force.

 

Note that I would have survived my spade play had my partner not tossed any clubs at all. Of course, I should take the full charge here, since I can hardly expect my partner to defend as well as Mr. Callaghan every hand.

 

(1) Yes, I realise (1) that's how they record this word on a keyboard.

[dburn]

Either the last two posts are English humour (1) well beyond my American perceptions, or this forum is becoming very caustic :P

 

It seems that nobody cares to explain how to take themselves off a two-suited endplay.  I played the remaining spade, declarer cashed the ♣A from dummy. 

Here, if I tossed a heart as happened in real life, he would play a diamond to the jack (AJ107 left) to endplay me to lead into his diamond tenace.  I can do no better than to cash my ♥Q.  If I toss a diamond, declarer can cash the ♣A, ♦A, and establish a trick by force.

 

Note that I would have survived my spade play had my partner not tossed any clubs at all.  Of course, I should take the full charge here, since I can hardly expect my partner to defend as well as Mr. Callaghan every hand.

 

(1) Yes, I realise (1) that's how they record this word on a keyboard.

Oh, I see. East had thrown a winner (♣7) rather than a loser (any diamond except the queen) on the third round of spades. In that case, you had certainly better play a diamond, hoping that partner has the queen and wondering why it is that you need to save him from himself so often.