xx1943 Posted June 16, 2004 Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 PAIRS MP 4 rounds 3 boards/per round 6min/per boardAll this was announced and explained to all players before tourney starts. I was called to this table in time by N/S because W had very bad connection. I was called by N/S after the round to adjust the following board. [hv=d=s&v=e&n=sa972hjt54dkqjtc3&w=s86h9876da9854cq9&e=skqjt3hkd2cakjt72&s=s54haq32d763c8654]399|300|Scoring: MP[/hv] W.....N.....E.....S-......-......-......pp.....1♦...2♣...2♥p....3♥...4♠....pp.....p South leads A of ♥ and then was timeout. Adjust is not so simple as it seems at first blush: 4♠ -1 after this excellent lead by South is sure. But if E plays on Clubs instead of drawing Spades he'll be -2.This is not reasonable but always possible. The issue would be even more complicated, if the timeout were before S could lead. Against ♦ lead 4 Spades is made +1.The cause for being slow were clearly E/W.How to do justice to N/S? I'm looking forward to hear your opinions Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mink Posted June 16, 2004 Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 Hi Al, there is another possibility to get it 2 down: ♥A won, ♥ ruffed, ♠ won with A, ♥ ruffed, second ♣ trick ruffed. I now declarer ruffs the last ♥ and North refuses to ruff 2 ♣ tricks now, in trick 10 ♣ can be ruffed by South, overruffed by West and again overruffed by North. Dummy wins ♦A then, but declarer has to concede one of the last 2 tricks to North. Found out and proved with help of Deep Finesse. This is not unlikely to happen. So I would adjust to -2 if I was able to see this line of play in time. I would not consider that East plays his clubs before drawing trump. Karl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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