pclayton Posted October 1, 2004 Report Share Posted October 1, 2004 [hv=n=sq84hk842dt987ca5&s=s63ha7dkqj632ckjt]133|200|[/hv] IMP Pairs - OKB - Circa 2001 South.....North1♦.....1♥2♦.....3♦3N.....All Pass Opening Lead - club 3, 5, Q Plan the play. If you come up with the answer - please post it in hidden text please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted October 1, 2004 Report Share Posted October 1, 2004 Well, I guess I think I know... :-) Routine Hideous Hog play.. on the Club Queen, play the club JACK. Win the club continuation in dummy and lead diamonds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted October 1, 2004 Report Share Posted October 1, 2004 My guess follows: Duck the C. No doubt a C will be returned; now knock out DA and hopefully opps will continue a C. Note that this will not work if the opponents are playing Smith echoes. Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben47 Posted October 1, 2004 Report Share Posted October 1, 2004 Mine: Spades are wide open so you have to fake a problem in ♣. Your only chance is to duck the club and take the second with the ace, then give up your diamond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted October 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2004 Good job all; I've given this hand to a lot of players and only a few have seen the answer. We have 5 diamonds and 2 hearts, so only need TWO club tricks; ergo duck the club. Both E and W will play their partner for the club King. It took the opponents about a nanosecond to continue clubs at T4. The really sad thing about the hand is that BOTH spade honors were onside, so 10 tricks were routine in NT. As a matter of fact my partner (who I did not know), asked me why I only made 9 tricks when the field was making 10. Sigh. I don't know about Mollo, but there is a hand in Right Through the Pack almost identical to this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted October 1, 2004 Report Share Posted October 1, 2004 Good job all; I've given this hand to a lot of players and only a few have seen the answer. We have 5 diamonds and 2 hearts, so only need TWO club tricks; ergo duck the club. Both E and W will play their partner for the club King. It took the opponents about a nanosecond to continue clubs at T4. The really sad thing about the hand is that BOTH spade honors were onside, so 10 tricks were routine in NT. As a matter of fact my partner (who I did not know), asked me why I only made 9 tricks when the field was making 10. Sigh. I don't know about Mollo, but there is a hand in Right Through the Pack almost identical to this. Alas, you were playing with a resulter... they look at the result to decide if you did you good or not. Ducking the club seems very clear to me... Now if they play count signals or lead second best.. they will get a little curious in here perhaps...after the second round of clubs.. *your JT" will not quite add up.. but fortunatley most don't think this deep. Not sure smith echo will help here, as low diamond to the seven to show you got all those yummy diamonds, they will read their partners diamond as, well, their only diamond. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke warm Posted October 1, 2004 Report Share Posted October 1, 2004 i'd think phil's line is correct whether mps or imps, i can't understand his partner's remarks... i hate resulters with a passion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceptic Posted October 1, 2004 Report Share Posted October 1, 2004 Just curious I thought to take Ace club first then give away a diamond trick, why would they automatically switch to a spade from that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke warm Posted October 2, 2004 Report Share Posted October 2, 2004 because you wouldn't play that way unless clubs held no fear for you..they should be able to guess that a switch is needed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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