rogerclee Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 [hv=d=w&v=n&n=sa6h8dj985caj9652&s=sj4ha742dakt632c8]133|200|Scoring: IMP[/hv] (P) - P - (3♥) - 4♦(P) - 6♦ - AP You get the ♥Q lead, plan the play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoi5 Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 ♦A (what happens?), then club to the Ace, club ruff, heart ruff, club ruff. What has happened? If LHO ruffed a heart with the ♦Q I threw away the spade from dummy, if RHO ruffed the club Ace I'm in trouble, but if he didn't and he had only one club I'm cross-ruffing this hand, cashing the spade Ace early as Idon't want them to discard all their spades (specially RHO). If clubs can be set up, I'll take out the trumps. If trumps were 3-0 then clubs have to be established. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackenbush Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 This would make a good BridgeMaster problem. I'd put it level 3. Incidentally, both declarers went down in 6D on this deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vuroth Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 Actually, this hand feels ok. (I'm so doomed.) We're missing 18 points. We know RHO has a weak hand with long hearts, likely 7 I guess. So RHO has a little something, strong likelihood of a heart singleton, yet he could not find a 2♠ or 3♠ opener NV. Ergo, RHO has a decent chance of having at least 4 spades. If RHO is 47??, then LHO has at least 4 clubs. Ergo, I'll just do my club/heart crossruff. Do I cash a diamond first? No. LHO likely only had 1 heart, and may have the queen of trumps. If I lead a heart to dummy and the queen appears, I'll throw my spade. EDIT: That way if LHO has all 3 trumps, she can't lead a second round of trumps after ruffing with her queen, dooming the contract Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiddity Posted March 17, 2009 Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 Roger, hackenbush, how about a hint? Does the CA, C-ruff line go down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackenbush Posted March 17, 2009 Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 Cross-ruff lines will succeed, whether drawing 0 or 1 round of trump. RHO has ♦Qx-♣x. Both declarers drew two rounds of trump, which is the trap to avoid on this hand. Then, any time you try to duck a trick, defenders have signalled enough to know to switch to spade to break up the double squeeze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vuroth Posted March 17, 2009 Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 Obviously I was oblivious to squeeze possibilities. Drawing a round of trump may have worked on the hand in question, but it's a weaker line in general, isn't it? V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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