PFormaini Posted February 6, 2010 Report Share Posted February 6, 2010 [hv=d=s&n=sakqj1098765hdcakq&w=s432h432d632c5432&e=sh98765d109875c876&s=shakqj10dakqj4cj109]399|300|[/hv] 1. West leads a spade. East ruffs and South overruffs.2. South ruffs a Heart in dummy.3. South leads spades from dummy and hearts from hand twice more, East being overruffed twice along the way on spade leads. All trumps in the North, East, and South hands are now gone. South has won 6 tricks. 4. A Spade is led from dummy. East and South pitch high diamonds. West ruffs. 1 trick 5. West cashes his other 3 high trumps. East and South pitch their remaining high diamonds. 4 tricks. 6. West cashes his diamonds from the top. 7 tricks total for West. Thanks to Nick Straguzzi - author of the infamous 'Cthonic" stories in Bridge World magazine - for this gem! March 2006 - Page 78. UPDATE: Congratulations to nigel for submitting the correct solution less than 24 hours after the puzzle was posted!1 Good job!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynrobinson Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 Thanks. A fascinating puzzle. I had roughly the right layout of cards at one stage but the wrong sequence of play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 cayuga man, I think there is something on the rules against opening 2 accounts be careful or you might lose all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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