Correct Line

[BunnyGo]

This hand was an example in the Rodwell Files. The hand as presented had a declarer error giving the defense a way out (the lesson of the hand was that the defense didn't find it...), but the author didn't mention the declarer error giving the defense a chance. I found it very interesting.

 

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The lead is the King of spades, won by the Ace, East playing the 9.

 

Hearts are 1-2 (West pitches a spade). Now what?

 

Edit: For those with the book, the hand appears on page 95. I'll post the full hand and my answer (hopefully the correct one) later.

Edited August 6, 2011 by BunnyGo

[nige1]

[hv=pc=n&s=s53hq8753dq97ck32&n=sa2hakt42dkj4cq98&d=n&v=n&b=5&a=1c(strong%20club)p1h3s4hppp]266|200| BunnyGo wrote "This hand was an example in the Rodwell Files. The hand as presented had a declarer error giving the defense a way out (the lesson of the hand was that the defense didn't find it...), but the author didn't mention the declarer error giving the defense a chance. I found it very interesting. The lead is the King of spades, won by the Ace, East playing the 9. Hearts are 1-2 (West pitches a spade). Now what? For those with the book, the hand appears on page 95. I'll post the full hand and my answer (hopefully the correct one) later."

 

Intriguing. Grasping at straws: On the auction, It seems likely that RHO has the minor suit aces. Maybe the defensive error was RHO squandering ♠9 from ♠94.. You could play RHO for at least six diamonds. Win ♠A, ♥ KQ, and lead a ♦ to ♦Q. Presumably, RHO wins ♦A and leads a ♠. but LHO has to win and lead a ♣ allowing declarer to make if If LHO has at least one of ♣JT.

Suppose, however, that opponents can cash ♦A, a ♠ and exit safely in ♦. Then cash ♦s, If LHO follows, you can lead a ♣ to ♣K and another ♣ towards dummy. If LHO has ♣JT doubleton (or even ♣Jx if he failed to unblock on the first round) then you succeed. I look forward to the real solution.[/hv]

[xxhong]

Looks like west may have problems when holding DTxx and CJ(T)x. So you just draw two rounds of trumps and play S. West may not know which suit to switch.

D can be wrong when declarer holds xx Qxxxx A9x Jxx. C can be wrong in the actual hand.

If east wins that spade trick, he may not know which suit to attack either with DA8xx and C AJ(T)xx, here D can be wrong if partner holds QTx, because low D would cost a trick if declarer takes the finesse of D8 and forces out DT. C can be wrong the in the actual lay out.

This hand was an example in the Rodwell Files. The hand as presented had a declarer error giving the defense a way out (the lesson of the hand was that the defense didn't find it...), but the author didn't mention the declarer error giving the defense a chance. I found it very interesting.

 

[hv=pc=n&s=s53hq8753dq97ck32&n=sa2hakt42dkj4cq98&d=n&v=n&b=5&a=1c(strong%20club)p1h3s4hppp]266|200[/hv]

 

The lead is the King of spades, won by the Ace, East playing the 9.

 

Hearts are 1-2 (West pitches a spade). Now what?

 

Edit; For those with the book, the hand appears on page 95. I'll post the full hand and my answer (hopefully the correct one) later.

[BunnyGo]

So here's the whole hand as presented by Rodwell:

 

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The lesson was that West should have dropped the Jack of clubs under the King.

 

However, I think that the declarer played the hand wrong. There is little hope of picking up the clubs for just one loser, and I don't think there's much hope of an endplay, but it's likely that West has a club honor (T,J or A), with at most two clubs. I think the play should be as follows:

 

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I should say that I just now realized why my line isn't good (count your losers :)). The reason I thought this was better was that it would never give West the chance to unblock. It's clear to me now that you need to hope that West has a doubleton T or J (or both!) and doesn't find the unblock. Anyways, hope you found this as interesting as I did.

[jonottawa]

I feel less dumb about not finding some brilliant coup as declarer now.