A cool double dummy problem I learned many years ago

[dwar0123]

This is a double dummy problem I first saw back in the late 80's. I don't remember the exact cards but the solution is reproduced. There was a good story behind it to, some famous player playing in a major event with a vugraph audience that was left stunned by how this went. Anyway, I thought it was pretty cool(if you know the story post it!)

 

If you have seen it before I apologize I am fairly new to the forums, please don't spoil it for those that haven't.

 

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You are in the south hand in 4♠ and need 5 of the remaining 7 tricks, how do you play it.

[kenrexford]

There are other variations of this problem with the same solution. Another is a safety play problem in a spade game with ♠AKQxx ♥Axx ♦AKx ♣Ax opposite ♠J109xx ♥xxx ♦xxx ♣Kx after a club opening lead, and the play at trick one is particularly fun.

[Cyberyeti]

Not seen it before, but something like this occurred to me in a Tolly some years ago.

 

I presume:

 

 

You cash the A♥ then duck a spade to E. You discard a diamond from one hand and a heart from the other on the first club, then a ruff and discard disposes of the last heart and you can simply crossruff.

 

[bluecalm]

Haha, very nice. There is something like that in bm2000 hands. It must be nice if it comes up nice (and you don't miss it...)

[lamford]

A similar theme is this simple problem. In Six Spades by South after West opens 4H at game all. West leads a trump and East discards.

 

North: ♠98765 ♥A3 ♦432 ♣K32

South: ♠AKQJ10 ♥K2 ♦ AK5 ♣A54

[whereagles]

This theme is well-known, but extremely rare at table. I've never seen it, nor close, and I've just about seen all of the canonical squeeze positions developing.

[dwar0123]

There are other variations of this problem with the same solution. Another is a safety play problem in a spade game with ♠AKQxx ♥Axx ♦AKx ♣Ax opposite ♠J109xx ♥xxx ♦xxx ♣Kx after a club opening lead, and the play at trick one is particularly fun.

Well, I'll give it a go.

 

 

Go up with the ace of clubs, if it is ruffed dump the king under it. After getting in with a major, pull trump take the remaining 2 major keycards and exit a club.

 

 

[phil_20686]

A similar theme is this simple problem. In Six Spades by South after West opens 4H at game all. West leads a trump and East discards.

 

North: ♠98765 ♥A3 ♦432 ♣K32

South: ♠AKQJ10 ♥K2 ♦ AK5 ♣A54

 

I like this one, I cash three spades and if west is 83 in the majors i can give up a heart to rectify the count to squeeze east in the minors. Easist if you cash two diamonds and he follows. If he discards on the second diamond you need to cash the club K and surrender a heart, on the heart return ruff in dummy and throw a diamond from hand. If he discards on the first diamond I dont think you can do it.

[kenrexford]

Well, I'll give it a go.

 

 

Go up with the ace of clubs, if it is ruffed dump the king under it. After getting in with a major, pull trump take the remaining 2 major keycards and exit a club.

 

 

 

Yep, but take the diamond King if necessary.