Simplicity Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 [hv=d=e&v=b&n=sakqthq83d83ck632&s=s82hakjt6dkt6caq4]133|200|Scoring: IMPT1: ♥4,3,2,AT2: ♥6,5,Q,♠9[/hv] Playing in a local league match you arrive in 6♥ by South after declarer has shown a balanced hand with 5 hearts. Opponents are capable, but non-expert playing 2/4 leads, and odd encouraging, even discouraging discards. Plan the play On the next two rounds of hearts RHO will pitch the 2 and 5 of diamonds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossoneri Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 Maybe I should just add a hint: Try to guess RHO's hand shape Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoi5 Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 I finish the hearts throwing a diamond from dummy and hope RHO has been squeezed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benoit35 Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 RHO is likely to be 5-1-4-3 or 5-1-3-4. If someone has the fourth club, it's gotta be him (otherwise 5-5 and no talk - unlikely). After cashing all the trumps and the top three clubs (Lefty showing out), we turn to ♠AK. Dummy now has ♠QT ♣6 while East has had to discard all his diamonds to hold on to ♠Jx ♣J. Throw him a hot potato - the last club. Genius discard alert! If East starts with ♠9x and the ♦A, then the 12th trick can be finessed in either spades or diamonds; however, RHO can talk you into the above (now losing) line of play by falsecarding the ♠9. Buy him a beer for me if this happens, and go spend an hour with your shrink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simplicity Posted January 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 This one hasn't generated too much interest, but i found the end position rather elegant.Here are the 4 hands: [hv=n=sakqthq8xd8xckxxx&w=sxxhxxxxda7xcj9xx&e=sj9xxxhxdqj9xxctx&s=sxxhakjtxdkt6caqx]399|300|[/hv] At the table having cashed 4 hearts and 1 spade declarer cashed 3 top clubs ending in dummy to find they break 4-2 with LHO, ruffed a club back to hand to leave this position: [hv=n=sakqthq8xd8xckxxx&w=sxxhxxxxda7xcj9xx&e=sj9xxxhxdqj9xxctx&s=sxxhakjtxdkt6caqx]399|300|[/hv] A spade is played to dummy and then a diamond is led off the table and ducked by declarer. I thought this line was interesting as it caters for so many divisions of the diamond and spade suits. Admittedly east can defend better by pitching the ♦QJ and in the hope that his partner has the ♦AT, perhaps i should have given it as a defensive problem? Or perhaps pitching a second spade so as to unguard his Jack, and retain ♦QJ would have induced declarer to finesse? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benoit35 Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 I don't think this line works if West has any one of ♦Q, J or 9 and East is careful not to let himself be thrown in. So this play is a longshot... but once you find out about the clubs I don't see much else to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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