diana_eva Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 To make up for lamford's expert play problem :D Here's a simpler one - make 3NT. (from my pro bono teacher, and alas I failed this one too, but had a duh! moment when I saw the solution) [hv=pc=n&s=SA84HAQJTDKQ85CAQ&n=S753H84DA43CJT987&d=s&a=2cp2dp2np3nppp]399|300[/hv] IMPs. Lead is ♠K If you hold up spades they split 4-3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antrax Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Nice one. I think I have the main variant but what happens if The defense ducks the ♣Q? [edit]Okay, I think I really have it now. Win the third spade, play ♣Q immediately. If the defense wins they can cash one more spade and you make 4 clubs, 3 diamonds and two major aces.So they duck the Q. Now you just start playing hearts making 2 clubs, 3 hearts, 3 diamonds and 1 spade ace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 I think the best chance is to hold up spades twice and then play ♣Q. This is a textbook example of a Morton's fork: Whoever holds ♣K has the choice between setting up the clubs for me, or letting me steal a club trick before I set up the hearts. I am down if W started with five spades and ♣K but I don't think I can do better than that. W might have overcalled nonvulnerable if holding KQxxx of spades so the chances are reasonable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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