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As South, NV vs V, LHO as Dealer:

 

(P) - P - (1*) - X -

(XX**) - 2 - (P) - 3 -

(P) - 3 - (P) - 4NT -

5*** - (P) - 6 - All Pass.

 

*10-15 HCP; Could Be Short

**4+

***2 w/Q

 

6 lead, Ten, Jack and Ace... Plan the play:

 

[hv=d=w&v=e&n=skq93haj62d42ct97&s=s7hk4dakqt86cak52]133|200|Scoring: IMP[/hv]

 

Opps play UDCA, 3rd/5th Leads.

 

(Proofread for 13 cards but not the J ;))

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19 + 10 + 10 = West has a yarb or one knave - both A and Q are offside.

 

East has Qxx or fewer (this we know from the exotic redouble), we can establish the J with a ruff but there is no way back to dummy to enjoy it. Hopeless.

 

That club lead, 3/5, no Q for West... That 6 could only be led from a doubleton, right? (From three small clubs or more we would have seen the 3 or 4.) Might even be a singleton.

 

So only East is guarding the clubs. Simple squeeze then. Draw trumps, rectify, finish in dummy with

 

J

x

 

Kx

 

RHO cracks - he can only keep two of Q Q8.

 

A good case for falsecarding the opening lead. Lefty should be aware that declarer knows too much already.

 

Then again, I don't see any other line of play so I'd probably try that squeeze no matter how much West lied to me. Besides, it also works if West led from 643.

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Isn`t this an easy endgame?

I win the club, draw trumps and pay Heart Heart Heart ruff. When they did not lie, my heart jack will be good now.

Then I play a spade up, RHO must win and play a club, which I let run to the 9.

 

This needs everybody to have his bid and diamonds 3-2.

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ok... Now what if we assume RHO psyched? After all he is 3rd seat... These lines will work if RHO has a legitimate opener, but if you give the redoubler credit for some points this really changes things. What I'm saying is that everybody trusts RHO (A junior), which is probably a mistake :rolleyes:.

 

How would you play this without any information from the opponents? LHO can be trusted to have 4, but RHO probably cannot be trusted.

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When the XX does not show just 4 + Heart, but some HCPS too, you should have mentioned it. :)

 

I know, sometimes people make silly psychs, but where is the sense in psyching 1 Diamond?

 

Okay, so I play with some young guns, who like to make these kind of bids.

 

I think I play for this ending then:

KQ93

AJ62

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-

 

7

Kx

86

Axx

 

I play the spade:

When lho has the ace, he cannot win, else I have 12 tricks. So he must duck and I ruff a spade and play a low club. I win the return in hand and squeeze the opps to show me the queen of heart.

 

When rho has the ace, he wins. In this case, I win the return again in hand and finesse later in heart.

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The full deal: http://www.bridgebase.com/tools/handviewer...A,|rh||ah|Board 6|sv|e|mb|p|mb|p|mb|1D|mb|d|mb|r!|mb|2S|mb|p|mb|3D|mb|p|mb|3H|an|oops... Focing... cuebid|mb|p|mb|4N|mb|p|mb|5S|an|2 w/Q!S|mb|p|mb|6D|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|C6|pc|CT|pc|CJ|pc|CA|pc|HK|pc|H8|pc|H2|pc|H3|pc|DA|pc|D5|pc|D2|pc|D7|pc|H4|pc|H5|pc|HJ|pc|H7|pc|D4|pc|D3|pc|DT|pc|C3|pc|DK|pc|S6|pc|S3|pc|D9|pc|DQ|pc|S2|pc|H6|pc|DJ|pc|S7|pc|SJ|pc|SQ|pc|SA|pc|C4|pc|CK|pc|C8|pc|C7|pc|D8|pc|HQ|pc|S9|pc|H9|pc|D6|pc|HT|pc|C9|pc|S4|pc|C2|pc|CQ|pc|HA|pc|S8|pc|ST|pc|SK|pc|S5|pc|C5|

 

My partner went down, however there are a few lines that make... Interesting Hand indeed :P.

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