dkham Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 This is a request for help. I'm about to write an article for a Scottish Bridge Magazine, in which South ends up in 3♠.I've not got any double dummy solver, but it looks like 3♠ is unbeatable. Am I right, or is there some sort of sneaky defence that beats it? [hv=pc=n&s=saqt862hd6ct76432&w=s75hkj6dkt752cakj&n=s4ha87532daq83c85&e=skj93hqt94dj94cq9]399|300[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Tu Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 Unbeatable? How about unmakeable? How is declarer going to avoid losing 3 clubs and 2 spade tricks? DDS says 8 tricks is the normal result on any lead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Molyb Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 3 spades never makes unless the opponents really help you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 Bridgify is a simple, fast, and free DD solver.www.bridgify.net/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suleiman22 Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 @ Stephen: Declarer can avoid both spade tricks with helpful distribution as in the hand shown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Tu Posted September 24, 2013 Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 @ Stephen: Declarer can avoid both spade tricks with helpful distribution as in the hand shown. I don't see how he can with only one spade in dummy without some help from the defense. For trump coup you need to shorten yourself twice, but dummy has only the one entry, how you going to maneuver to take both hook & sufficient ruffs to set up the required end position? If defense help you out a bit by lead trump at some point then later heart (or another round of trump) instead of diamond then you can make (ha, ruff h, hook d, ruff, endplay LHO in clubs into giving 3rd ruff, force RHO to ruff last club and take last two trumps over his two trumps), but without help cannot be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suleiman22 Posted September 24, 2013 Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 Oops! lol you are right you can only lose one but you have to lose one. sorry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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