Walddk Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 [hv=d=s&v=b&n=skq72ha10854d4ck105&s=saj10hk732da8ca984]133|200|Scoring: IMPS: 6HLead: D3[/hv] Not the greatest of slams, I agree. But we have all been in worse (especially me :angry: ). West leads ♦3 (4th best) to East's king and your ace. Let me try to think out loud. That's permitted in the Forums: There is probably a loser in clubs, and perhaps also in hearts. I test trumps by cashing the king, in case East is void. They both follow small, but when I continue with another heart, West discards a diamond. So East has a trump trick. What can I do? Well, the opponents didn't bid, so all I know is that they have a stack of diamonds. The only line I can think of, except for the slender chance of a doubleton ♣QJ, is an elimination. The club honours are most likely split, so if I can make East lead a club (or give a ruff and discard), I may make it! So I win dummy's ♥A, come back to my hand with a spade and ruff a diamond. Then I cash another two rounds of spades to which EW both follow. The elimination is complete, so now I can just ........ ..... and at this point I woke up, bathed in sweat. Did I misplay this? There must have been something wrong, since I am sweating all over my body. Please help someone :) Roland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junyi_zhu Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 [hv=d=s&v=b&n=skq72ha10854d4ck105&s=saj10hk732da8ca984]133|200|Scoring: IMPS: 6HLead: D3[/hv] Not the greatest of slams, I agree. But we have all been in worse (especially me :angry: ). West leads ♦3 (4th best) to East's king and your ace. Let me try to think out loud. That's permitted in the Forums: There is probably a loser in clubs, and perhaps also in hearts. I test trumps by cashing the king, in case East is void. They both follow small, but when I continue with another heart, West discards a diamond. So East has a trump trick. What can I do? Well, the opponents didn't bid, so all I know is that they have a stack of diamonds. The only line I can think of, except for the slender chance of a doubleton ♣QJ, is an elimination. The club honours are most likely split, so if I can make East lead a club (or give a ruff and discard), I may make it! So I win dummy's ♥A, come back to my hand with a spade and ruff a diamond. Then I cash another two rounds of spades to which EW both follow. The elimination is complete, so now I can just ........ ..... and at this point I woke up, bathed in sweat. Did I misplay this? There must have been something wrong, since I am sweating all over my body. Please help someone :) Roland you should cash two clubs before the trump exit because east has at least 5D, 3H, 3S if west doesn't lead D3 from 6 diamonds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke warm Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 since the lead is 4th best, east is 3352... so yeah, strip the hand like you said then cash the two top clubs... *then* throw him in for a ruff sluff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 depends who lefty is...not everyone is so honest vs slams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Posted February 26, 2005 Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 Very nice. You should write a book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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