Play 6H

[Phil]

AQ

AQ73

AKJ2

K63

 

J9873

J952

8

A72

 

2C 2H (2 CONTROLS) 2N 3C 3H 4H 6H

 

Lead d5 (4th)

 

Plan the play for the first few tricks.

[nige1]

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Can think of nothing clever: Win ♦K. Cross to ♣A. Finesse ♠Q.

-- if ♠Q wins, then cash ♠A (assume both follow), Cash ♥A. Advance ♥Q, hoping LHO started with ♠K doubleton or trebleton.

-- If ♠Q loses to ♠K then hope ♠s behave and that LHO has ♥K doubleton. Win ♣ return with ♣K. Cash ♦K chucking a ♣. Ruff a ♦. Finesse ♥Q. Cash ♥A (♥K drops :)). Cash ♠A ...[/hv]

[Phil]

Hi Nigel.

 

On your line the spade hook works and on the Ace, LHO drops the ten on the 2nd round.

[nige1]

Hi Nigel. On your line the spade hook works and on the Ace, LHO drops the ten on the 2nd round.

Still continue with ♥AQ.

• If ♥Q wins then Cash ♦A. Ruff a ♦. Ruff out ♠K. (Cash ♦J if it's good). Ruff a ♣. Discard dummy's remaining loser on a ♠.
• If a defender wins ♥K, then win return. Cross to ♥J and Ruff out ♠K.

I guess that there are better lines but it's time for somebody else to have a go.

[shyams]

Perhaps an improvement on Nigel's line would be:

- When ♠Q wins, play a low ♥ towards the South hand immediately.

 

This option will backfire if West started with a bare ♥K. However, it should be superior to ♠A then ♥'s for other configurations.