gnasher Posted September 21, 2013 Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 This is from the Bermuda Bowl match between England and Japan. I've included the auction even though I don't know what it means. [hv=pc=n&s=s9hakt43dk82ckq52&n=sat764hqj865da97c&d=s&v=0&b=11&a=1hp2np3cp3hp4np5np6dp7hppp]266|200[/hv] How would you play on ♥7 lead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted September 21, 2013 Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 [hv=pc=n&s=s9hakt43dk82ckq52&n=sat764hqj865da97c&d=s&v=0&b=11&a=1hp2np3cp3hp4np5np6dp7hppp]266|200|This is from the Bermuda Bowl match between England and Japan. I've included the auction even though I don't know what it means. How would you play on ♥7 lead? [/hv] Puzzled: Guessing: ♥A, run ♣K unless covered. Hope to ruff 1 X ♦ and 3 X ♣ in dummy, returning to hand with ♦K and ♠ ruffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted September 21, 2013 Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 Puzzled: Guessing: ♥A, run ♣K unless covered. Hope to ruff 1 X ♦ and 3 X ♣ in dummy, returning to hand with ♦K and ♠ ruffs. Shouldn't you cover the 7 with the 8 and then ruff a spade first in case somebody has KQJ tight in which case you only need to ruff 2 spades to establish the suit and you're in fine shape if trumps are 2-1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gszes Posted September 21, 2013 Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 this might take a while sigh trick 1 win trump in hand and assuming they break 21trick 2 ruff a club trick 3 spade Acetrick 4 ruff a spadetrick 5 ruff a clubtrick 6 ruff a spade assuming spades break 43*trick 7 ruff a club trick 8 dia to handtrick 9 ruff a club trick 10 ruff a spadetrick 11 pull last trumptrick 12 dia to dummytrick 13 cash good spade *trick 6 ruff a spade if spades do not break 43 we need lho to hold long spadestrick 7 club k to take ruffing finesse assume its covered to make life easier (ruff)trick 8 cash dia in dummytrick 9 dia to handtrick 10 club Q pitch diatrick 11 ruff diatrick 12/13 2 top trumps If trumps break 30 trick 1 tell partner to quit wishing you GLP win in hand trick 2 club K (lets assume its covered just to make things easier) rufftrick 3 dia to handtrick 4 club Q pitch dia losertrick 5 win dia in dummytrick 6 spade Atrick 7 ruff spadetrick 8 ruff dia in dummytrick 9 ruff spadecross ruff need lho to hold at least 3 spades and 2 clubs and 2 dia or 4spades 2clubs and 2 dia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 Shouldn't you cover the 7 with the 8 and then ruff a spade first in case somebody has KQJ tight in which case you only need to ruff 2 spades to establish the suit and you're in fine shape if trumps are 2-1. That seems better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 I am wondering if dummy showed club void. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted September 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 trick 1 win trump in hand and assuming they break 21trick 2 ruff a club trick 3 spade Acetrick 4 ruff a spadetrick 5 ruff a clubtrick 6 ruff a spadeThis is the best line I could think of, but it has a flaw. We'd like to make whenever spades are 4-3 or ♣A is onside. We won the first trick with ♥10, and ♥9 is still out. At trick 6, our hearts are AK4. If we want all of our chances against spades 4-3, we have to ruff low, but if spades are 2=5 that risks an overruff. Is there anything better than this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted September 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 I am wondering if dummy showed club void.I believe that 5NT said something about the void, but I don't know the details, and I don't know what 3♣ and 3♥ meant. Anyway, I think you can assume that everyone knew dummy was void in clubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 win ♥J, we might need ♥AK10 for ruffing the spades high if they are 5-2. ♠A and spade ruff is auto, next is ♦A and spade ruff. If spades and clubs break I think we can try to ruff 2 clubs before comiting to the finesse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted September 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 Fluffy, Nigel and Cyberyeti, aren't you all basically playing for ♣A onside, with some unlikely extra chances? If so, I think the line described by gzes is trivially better. Spades 4-3 is 62%, and you also get a chance to change tack if spades are 5-2, provided that you don't get overruffed on the third spade. Or have I missed something? I posted this because I was very surprised by Forrester's line, if the Vugraph record was accurate. He won the trump with the 8, played ace and ruffed a spade, and then ran ♣K.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 Fluffy, Nigel and Cyberyeti, aren't you all basically playing for ♣A onside, with some unlikely extra chances?If so, I think the line described by gzes is trivially better. Spades 4-3 is 62%, and you also get a chance to change tack if spades are 5-2, provided that you don't get overruffed on the third spade. Or have I missed something? I posted this because I was very surprised by Forrester's line, if the Vugraph record was accurate. He won the trump with the 8, played ace and ruffed a spade, and then ran ♣K.. Forrester and I should be ashamed of ouselves :( Well spotted Gnasher! Thank you. And well solved Gszes! I skimmed Gszes' solution, mistakenly concluding that it would arrive at only 12 tricks :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 Fluffy, Nigel and Cyberyeti, aren't you all basically playing for ♣A onside, with some unlikely extra chances? If so, I think the line described by gzes is trivially better. Spades 4-3 is 62%, and you also get a chance to change tack if spades are 5-2, provided that you don't get overruffed on the third spade. Or have I missed something? I posted this because I was very surprised by Forrester's line, if the Vugraph record was accurate. He won the trump with the 8, played ace and ruffed a spade, and then ran ♣K.. I wasn't really suggesting a line, I was just saying that if you were playing Nigel's line, this looked like a small improvement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suleiman22 Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 This is quite the hand, and bid well. The ♥ suit is just beautiful! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 Reading the bulletin Bocchi also played the club finesse too early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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