McBruce Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Heard this one at a recent tournament and I understand it comes from an Andrew Robson column: You hold a singleton 7 of spades and a 30-count. With clues like these, you need not be Ellery Queen to deduce your other 12 cards, but you will need to be Ellery Queen to work out what to do in a few minutes. RHO opens 7♠ as dealer. Perhaps you double, perhaps not, but when you lead the A♦, it is ruffed and eleven more trumps follow from RHO. What do you keep? Hint: Ellery would not only know what to keep, but exactly what declarer's 13th card is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trinidad Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 I would keep the ♣J. Declarer's last card is the ♣7. Rik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 ♦7. Declarer was down at trick 1, so he revoked to make the last trick with ♦7 and at least get a beer. After the -1 trick correction, he'll still be 1 down so the only difference is beer or no beer.(thinking outside the box) Perhaps another solution is that a new deck was shuffled in a certain way before it was dealt. In that case it could be possible to calculate which card it is. Dunno... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 I would look at partner's discards 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooltuna Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Hopefully partner will have played the T♣ to signal holding the 9 but I am ready to win declarer's 7♣ with my A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtvesuvius Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 I love Free's original solution. I'd watch partner's discards, from them, declarer's hand should be made clear. Partner should be able to figure out to pitch ALL their cards in both round suits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jschafer Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Declarer bid 7♠, so he probably thought he had 13 tricks. It looks quite likely that he has mistaken his ♣7 for a ♠7! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dellache Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 The obvious line "declarer has the ♣7 and need glasses" makes sense. At the table though, good cooperation may suffice :- I would discard AH, then AC, then JH, then JC, and after trick 11, keep just ♥K, ♣K. Before discarding at trick 11, pard knows my cards.- Now (1) if he was missing one of the relevant Tens (♥♣), he just discards the whole suit and (2) otherwise he keeps both Tens. All I have to do is to keep the King in which there are the less remaining cards left : it obviously works in case (1), and in case (2), partner will also know what to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooltuna Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 BTW didn't mention it earlier but 7♠ was a good sacrifice :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBruce Posted February 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 Most of you have it: the 7♣ looks like the 7♠ to our poor declarer. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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