portia2 Posted February 4, 2017 Report Share Posted February 4, 2017 Take 2. Tricky on an Ipad!?How do you give yourself the best chance to make this? Lead was J♠. And are you happy with the bidding?[hv=pc=n&s=sakqhkdq62ckqj987&n=s52hq963da754ca65&d=s&v=n&b=15&a=2cp2dp2np6nppp]266|200[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted February 4, 2017 Report Share Posted February 4, 2017 How do you give yourself the best chance to make this? And are you happy with the bidding?[hv=pc=n&s=sakqhkdq62ckqj987&n=s52hq963da754ca65&d=s&v=n&b=15&a=2c2dp2np6nppp]266|200[/hv] My best chance is to go 9 down if they fail to create a ♥ trick for themselves.Anyway, we will get a great result regardless since they failed to double!http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif We know you made a typo in the auction but , please pay more attention when you ask a question and do not forget to tell us the lead. Do not expect people to reply and write a different line for all 13 possible leads! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wank Posted February 4, 2017 Report Share Posted February 4, 2017 of course we're not happy with the bidding. the slam is close to no-play. the south hand is nowhere close to being worth 2C. as for the play, lead the heart king and hope they take it then you cash the queen and try to squeeze west in hearts and diamonds. you need him to have the KD and 6 hearts or KD and the JT of hearts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggwhiz Posted February 4, 2017 Report Share Posted February 4, 2017 of course we're not happy with the bidding. the slam is close to no-play. the south hand is nowhere close to being worth 2C. as for the play, lead the heart king and hope they take it then you cash the queen and try to squeeze west in hearts and diamonds. you need him to have the KD and 6 hearts or KD and the JT of hearts. Agree on all counts and north should at least try to find a 4-4 fit that may produce a grand (even if you only bid 6) or the only making slam with a spade ruff. I would be reaching for the airsick bag if you made this one against me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhm Posted February 4, 2017 Report Share Posted February 4, 2017 Genuine chances are negligible. Hope for an error in defense instead. Playing the heart king early gives you very little chance whether they take the heart king or not. In such scenarios it is almost always best to run your long suit immediately even though you do not visualize what will happen. On the clubs discard a heart, a diamond and then another diamond. In most cases continue with spades and discard a second heart. Hope that someone, who will be out of spades, has the heart ace and the diamond king and blanks the heart ace. Rainer Herrmann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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nullve Posted February 4, 2017 Report Share Posted February 4, 2017 I'll enter dummy with the ♣A and play a small diamond towards my hand at trick 3, playing W and E for the ♥A and ♦K, respectively, and hoping that East will either play low or continue with a non-heart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted February 4, 2017 Report Share Posted February 4, 2017 I'll enter dummy with the ♣A and play a small diamond towards my hand at trick 3, playing W and E for the ♥A and ♦K, respectively, and hoping that East will either play low or continue with a non-heart. In practical terms, I think this is the best shot. It would not be the first time a slam made when the setting trick was there for the taking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portia2 Posted February 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 Thanks all. In fact W held a singleton K ♦ and so the contract could have been made. (It wasn't!)[hv=pc=n&s=sakqhkdq62ckqj987&w=sjt94hjt75dkct432&n=s52hq963da754ca65&e=s8763ha842djt983c]399|300[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandakh Posted February 5, 2017 Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 I would only consider opening the South hand 2♣ if playing Benji. An auction like 1♣ - 1♥; 2♦ - 3♦; 3NT gets us to a good spot easily enough. If treating the hand as balanced, a 2NT opening seems to represent the values more accurately than 2♣ followed by 2NT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted February 5, 2017 Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 I would only consider opening the South hand 2♣ if playing Benji. An auction like 1♣ - 1♥; 2♦ - 3♦; 3NT gets us to a good spot easily enough. If treating the hand as balanced, a 2NT opening seems to represent the values more accurately than 2♣ followed by 2NT. The beginning auction 1C-1H-2D would surely produce a game-forcing 3D from N, would it not? I am assuming that, over 2D, N has the option of 2NT and then 3D to sign off in Ds. Life being as it is, the reverse into 2D is sometimes a fake, But it is not always a fake.If S has real diamonds then N can surely be thinking of 6D. Give S the holding Axx/ K / KQxx/ KQJxx and, If diamonds split, we have 12 tricks via five clubs (throwing a spade and a heart), four diamonds, one heart, one spade, one ruff. I like 1C-1H-2D well enough but we do need a way to say "just kiddin' about the diamonds" after 2D is raised to 3D. We need to hope 3NT over 3D says that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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