Flem72 Posted October 25, 2011 Report Share Posted October 25, 2011 (edited) IMPs, E-W vul, S deals: JxxxAQJxKKQxx voidKxAJTxxxJ9xxx P- P- 1C-1S2D-2S-P- P4C-P-4H-P4S-P-4N-P6C 1. Feel free to let it fly re: the bidding; where would you end up?2. How do you plan to make 6C w/AS led? Regards and Happy Trails, Scott NeedhamBoulder, Colorado, USA EDIT: You're missing AT8x in C; Ds are 4 to Q W; SNT, vanilla SA. Edited October 25, 2011 by Flem72 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloa513 Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 Of course you'd expect to be in 6C especially with that mediocre spades sequence- expect nothing terrible in the breaks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_20686 Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 Basic plan is to ruff 3S and pitch one on the diamond ace. The key is to avoid a trump promotion when diamonds are 4-2 with diamonds in the hand with 4. I think it is right to ruff the lead in hand and play a club to the Q at once. If this holds you ruff a spade cross to the kD ruff a third spade and play the J of clubs from hand. Whatever happens you are home now as if the clubs are 3-1 the hand that wins the club ace cannot give a trump promotion. If the Q of clubs is won and a club returned you can insert the 9 and now you have enough high trumps to void the chance of an over ruff. If trumps are 40 I will have to rethink, but I still have several viable options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flem72 Posted October 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 Basic plan is to ruff 3S and pitch one on the diamond ace. The key is to avoid a trump promotion when diamonds are 4-2 with diamonds in the hand with 4. I think it is right to ruff the lead in hand and play a club to the Q at once. If this holds you ruff a spade cross to the kD ruff a third spade and play the J of clubs from hand. Whatever happens you are home now as if the clubs are 3-1 the hand that wins the club ace cannot give a trump promotion. If the Q of clubs is won and a club returned you can insert the 9 and now you have enough high trumps to void the chance of an over ruff. If trumps are 40 I will have to rethink, but I still have several viable options. Screwed up the diagram b/c N declares. However, if you ruff the lead and play C to the Q, E takes A and returns the C8. 2nd SCREWUP NOTICE: I tried the little thingy that hides the layout etc, but failed miserably. Didn't mean to disclose D layout at the outset. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gszes Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 IMPs, E-W vul, S deals: Jxxx AQJx K KQxx void Kx AJTxxx J9xxx P- P- 1C-1S 2D-2S-P- P 4C-P-4H-P 4S-P-4N-P 6C 1. Feel free to let it fly re: the bidding; where would you end up?2. How do you plan to make 6C w/AS led?missing AT8x in clubs. I would start with ruff trick one play a dia to the K and lead a low clubtoward the J (this caters to E having singleton A as well as all 22 trumpbreaks in which case we can claim via ruffing 2 more spades). If J holds lead another club and if they break 3/1 and lead another trump we now depend on the dia suit. we cant cash out the hearts to get a count due to entry problems but we can assume E probably started with 6 spades and w 3 (Wwould probably prefer a 3s bid to 2s if they had 4 spades). So see who haswhat in trumps and decide if dia more likely to be 33 or 4/2 and play for dropor take ruffing finesse according to the count. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandakh Posted November 7, 2011 Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 I think this would be a tough slam not to bid after opening the South hand... 1D = 10-17, 4+ diamonds, unbal... - 1H = INV+ relay1S = min, 0-3 spades unless 4441 or 4450... - 1N = GF relay2C = 4+ clubs... - 2D = relay2S = 5+ diamonds, 5+ clubs... - 2N = relay3N = 6+ diamonds, spade void... - 4C = relay4H = 3 controls... - 4S = relay5C = diamond control, no club control... - 6C At least this sequence would fix your diagram though since South is now declarer. :) I am guessing this sequence would also detract from a spade lead... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted November 7, 2011 Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 Basic plan is to ruff 3S and pitch one on the diamond ace. The key is to avoid a trump promotion when diamonds are 4-2 with diamonds in the hand with 4. I think it is right to ruff the lead in hand and play a club to the Q at once. If this holds you ruff a spade cross to the kD ruff a third spade and play the J of clubs from hand. Whatever happens you are home now as if the clubs are 3-1 the hand that wins the club ace cannot give a trump promotion. Did you forget to cash ♦A before playing the second trump? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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