xcurt Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 [hv=d=s&v=b&n=sa95hk8763da63c42&s=skt3hj9dqj9cat653]133|200|Scoring: XIMPOpponents don't bid: 1♣-1♥1NT-2♦*2NT-3NTPass * Not discussed but both hands correctly assumed NMF[/hv] Opposition is known to you and are good players. (1) Assess the blame for reaching this awful contract.(2) LHO leads the ♦5 ♦5-3-K-9♣8-5-Q-2♣7-4-K-? Over to you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 Clubs appear to be 2=4. I can't think of anything better than trying to make three heart tricks without losing a trick to East, then squeezing East in the black suits. Unless West has ♠Hx, he'll be able to break this up by playing spades twice. I'll need West to have ♥AQx. Win ♣A and lead ♥J, ducking when West plays the queen. Win the hoped-for diamond continuation and play another heart, setting up three winners. Squeeze East in the black suits. If West switches to spades when he's in with ♥Q, play for split honours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 Very tough hand. Both of you overbid a little, especially your pard. 5 tricks and we are a long way from 9. It looks like the clubs are ♣Q7/♣KJ98, even though the Q play is strange. Diamonds might be 6-1 although its possible for some reason East felt the need to shift to my suit right away. If diamonds aren't 6-1, it tells me that the heart suit is lying favorably. I think I need the heart suit to cooperate, but I don't want to let RHO in otherwise they will cash 2 hearts, 2 clubs and the diamond. I'm winning the club and floating the ♥J. If it gets covered with the Q I'm winning, playing a diamond to hand and leading another heart. If LHO wins the ♥A, I'll play to keep RHO off lead by leading a heart and ducking the Q. I can't afford to create an entry with RHO holding ♥Txx. If LHO continues diamonds, I win in hand and lead another heart up. If RHO has the ♠QJ or 5 spades, I've got him. If LHO shifts to a low spade, I think I need an original holding of Hx to make this. If LHO shifts to a spade honor, win on the board, hook the spade, heart up, etc.. This means that LHO passed with ♠?? ♥AQx ♦T87532 ♣Q7. Maybe yes, maybe no, but I can't see another choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halo Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 50% opening (IMO) and then either 50% for 3NT, or 100% for 3NT if the opening was normal. How the play goes, good luck; we all play hands like this; and if you came out right side up then well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcurt Posted June 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2008 RHO had Qxxxx, Tx, Kx, KJ98, so gnasher's line works. Capturing the HQ with the K doesn't work, since LHO can duck the next heart allowing RHO in to cash clubs. I didn't see this at the table and just ducked the second club reflexively. I didn't want to open 1C but I figured that partner would expect me to open this hand, so I did it, hoping to survive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sambolino Posted June 14, 2008 Report Share Posted June 14, 2008 wd for solving, but i don't think this is so tough. after decoding club layout there's really only one line and it happens to work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted June 14, 2008 Report Share Posted June 14, 2008 Rats - but nice analysis by Gnasher here. One of these hands where I cooked it perfectly, but dropped the tray on the way to the table. Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted June 15, 2008 Report Share Posted June 15, 2008 [hv=d=s&v=b&n=sa95hk8763da63c42&s=skt3hj9dqj9cat653]133|200|Scoring: XIMP1♣-1♥1NT-2♦*2NT-3NT AP* Not discussed but both hands correctly assumed NMFOpposition is known to you and are good players. (1) Assess the blame for reaching this awful contract.(2) LHO leads the ♦5♦5-3-K-9♣8-5-Q-2♣7-4-K-?[/hv]IMO North should pass 2N. Gnasher's line is cunning but depends on LHO holding ♥AQx(x), 2♣, and a ♠ honour. The ♣ play by expert opponents is incomprehensible and xcurt did a better job of sussing it out than I would have. My guess was: win ♣A, eliminate ♦ and exit in ♣ hoping to endplay RHO holding an original ♣KJx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted June 15, 2008 Report Share Posted June 15, 2008 My guess was: win ♣A, eliminate ♦ and exit in ♣ hoping to endplay RHO holding an original ♣KJx How many tricks would that give you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted June 15, 2008 Report Share Posted June 15, 2008 My guess was: win ♣A, eliminate ♦ and exit in ♣ hoping to endplay RHO holding an original ♣KJx How many tricks would that give you?:) Nine :D ... Duh ... :) Eight :(:) It is wicked to mock the afflicted :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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