hanp Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 [hv=d=n&v=n&n=saxxxhakqxxdqcajx&s=skj9xhxdaj108xcxxx]133|200|Scoring: IMP1H -p - 1S - (3C)4C - p - 4D - p 4NT - p - 5H - p6S - all pass[/hv] Thoughts about the auction? You receive the king of clubs lead and the ace holds. How do you play it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo81 Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 ♣A, ♠A, spade to ♠J. If both opponents have followed in spades, ♦A and run the ♦J, pitching a club. The contract is cold as one red suit must split well. If LHO shows out on the second spade, three rounds of hearts pitching clubs. If LHO has followed to all hearts, run the ♦Q. If it holds, ruff a heart, cash ♦A, ruff a diamond, and attempt to cash the last heart. RHO must either pitch the ♦K or ruff. If he ruffs, overruff, ruff a diamond, and ruff a club (we've taken 2 high trumps, 4 ruffs, 3 hearts, 2 diamonds, and 1 club). If he pitches the ♦K, just return to hand in trumps and cash diamond winners. My line of play loses if LHO has the ♠Q and at least one other spade, or if spades are 4-1 with LHO having a small singleton, three or more hearts, and the ♦K. I haven't considered what to do if LHO plays the ♠T, ♠Q, or discards under the ♠A. I also haven't yet considered what to do if LHO has fewer than three hearts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 ♣A, ♠A, spade to ♠J....If LHO shows out on the second spade, three rounds of hearts pitching clubs. If LHO has followed to all hearts, run the ♦Q. If it holds, ruff a heart, cash ♦A, ruff a diamond, and attempt to cash the last heart. RHO must either pitch the ♦K or ruff. .... If he pitches the ♦K, just return to hand in trumps and cash diamond winners. That's an attractive line, but I think there's a minor error in your analysis. At the point that you lead the winning heart and RHO throws ♦K, RHO has two trumps left, but you have only one, so you won't be able to draw trumps and cash the diamond winners. Luckily, however, the two trumps are also the only cards he has left, so you can simply claim ♠K as your twelfth trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo81 Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Yeah. If LHO has 1 spade 2 hearts on this line, we have to guess the ♦K to make, I'd probably finesse against LHO if RHO doesn't cover the Q. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanp Posted June 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 In practice overcaller had x x xxxxx KQ10xxx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pirate22 Posted June 8, 2009 Report Share Posted June 8, 2009 the question declarer shld ask is where is Q 10 spades and where is K diamondsso if opp (3cl bidder has xxspade) what evermy line woud be win club play spade to K and spade back-shows out.now hts and discard clubs but Q10 spades defeats Auction 1ht--pass--1sp--3cl (By west on a xx)however?Get the layoiut correct,if east bid clubs how did south bid 1 spade? 4cl!Cue bid-pass-4d-(first r control) pass-passnow back to you-so evaluate. you have 14 points and a stiff Qwhy 4 n/t support, your pards spades, he will go on -or passregards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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