ewj Posted April 21, 2005 Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 [hv=d=s&v=n&n=sq8xxhxxdxxcaxxxx&s=satxxhxdaq7xxckqt]133|200|Scoring: IMP1♦-(1♥)-X-(4♥)-4♠-(Pass)-Pass-(X)-Passed out How do you play?[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elianna Posted April 21, 2005 Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 What's the lead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewj Posted April 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 Sorry King of hearts followed by Ace from West. East had doubled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 Tricky. Ruff the heart and lead a spade to the Q. Then: ---> If they lead another heart, ruff in dummy, hook the 10♠ (hopefully) ---> If they lead a diamond, hook. ---> If they lead a club - probably best by the way - win in dummy and hook the diamond. A hand like this might be best if you ask the best line at trick 3 or 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewj Posted April 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 Ok...so the queen is beaten by RHO's king, and a diamond returned...you win this with the queen....now what Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 Isn't it quite possible that spades split 4-1? In that case, we desperately need to know the exact spade spots!! Arend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 Ok...so the queen is beaten by RHO's king, and a diamond returned...you win this with the queen....now what Nice that it wins. 5. ♣10 to A6. ♠ to 10....? Does this win? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewj Posted April 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 the jack of spades with West wins this....East following. I think you have made now since spades 3-2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 Well done phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted April 26, 2005 Report Share Posted April 26, 2005 the jack of spades with West wins this....East following. I think you have made now since spades 3-2 Perhaps so, perhaps not. I assume the 9 of spades is still out. The story so far, as I understand it, goes: heart heart, ruffed in handspade to Q, losingdiamond to Q, winningclub to acespade to ten, losing Six tricks have been played, three tricks have been lost and the position is 8x---xxxxx A---AxxxKQ I suggest the defender lead a heart. Since ruffing in hand would promote the spade 9, this must be ruffed on the board tossing a diamond from the hand. Now drawing the last trumpo would lock declarer in hand for down two after he cashes his minor tops. In short, dummy's clubs are dead. Declarer can try diamond to ace, diamond ruff, club to hand, ace of trump, claim. This requires that diamonds be 3-3 and that the club play from the dummy is not ruffed. Thus, RHO needs to have been dealt exactly three diamonds and two or three clubs (or the hand with short clubs needs to have the doubleton spade). It appears that for the hand to now be making, it requires RHO to have bid 4H and then to have doubled 4S with a holding resembling: K9xQJxxxKxxxx If he did, he did, but 4H doubled would have been set 4 tricks (diamond lead to the Q, Ace of diamonds, suit preference diamond back for the ruff, ace of clubs, small club to the king, third club ruffed on the board, and the 4H declarer will need, eventually, to start spades and will lose 2 tricks in the suit), while four spades will make if declarer plays in the reasonable way suggested and will make 5 if declarer plays the spade ace instead of finessing the ten. Moreover, RHO can see all of this pretty clearly. He has heard the diamond opening on his left and the the 4S bid that is presumably based on some extra stuff. Where does he expect to find 4 tricks? Even if he holds only four hearts the thought of two heart tricks is very optimistic. Do we know what he did actually hold? Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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