nige1 Posted February 9, 2019 Report Share Posted February 9, 2019 [hv=pc=n&k=S&w=SJ9875HKDQJT74C52&s=SA6HJ752DAK985CAK&n=SQT2HT93D62CQJ973&d=W&v=0&b=8&a=PPP2C(BAL or G/F)P2D(REL)P2N(BAL 19-20)P3C(ART Major enquiry)P3D(4 card major)P3N(NAT to play)PPP&p=DQD2D3D5D4D6C6D8]400|300|Local League Match (Aggregate).Press Next to see the first two tricks.After trick 2, you can make 3N even if defenders make no more mistakes :)Of course, I went down :(Can you guess the winning line?[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted February 9, 2019 Report Share Posted February 9, 2019 Well the most obvious way of it making is for E to hold Kxxxx, AQ, x, xxxxx or similar, play off ♣AK and play a heart to the 9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted February 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2019 Well the most obvious way of it making is for E to hold Kxxxx, AQ, x, xxxxx or similar, play off ♣AK and play a heart to the 9.[hv=pc=n&w=SJ98HK8654DQJT74C5&s=SA6HJ752DAK985CAK&n=SQT2HT93D62CQJ973&d=W&v=0&b=8&a=PPP2C(BAL or G/F)P2D(REL)P2N(BAL 19-20)P3C(ART Major enquiry)P3D(4 card major)P3N(NAT to play)PPP&p=DQD2D3D5D4D6C6D8]400|300|Cyberyeti's line seems sensible to me. -- In fact, that's what I did.Unfortunately, as the cards actually lie, our line fails against best defence.[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted February 9, 2019 Report Share Posted February 9, 2019 [hv=pc=n&w=SJ98HK8654DQJT74C5&s=SA6HJ752DAK985CAK&n=SQT2HT93D62CQJ973&d=W&v=0&b=8&a=PPP2C(BAL or G/F)P2D(REL)P2N(BAL 19-20)P3C(ART Major enquiry)P3D(4 card major)P3N(NAT to play)PPP&p=DQD2D3D5D4D6C6D8]400|300|Cyberyeti's line seems sensible to me. -- In fact, that's what I did.Unfortunately, as the cards actually cards lie, our line fails against best defence.[/hv] it does ? how ? or are you saying the cards actually lie differently and another line works ? I can see that if W has Jxx(x), A(Q), QJ10xx, 10xx(x) that line will also work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted February 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2019 it does ? how ? or are you saying the cards actually lie differently and another line works ?I can see that if W has Jxx(x), A(Q), QJ10xx, 10xx(x) that line will also work.[hv=pc=n&w=SJ9875HKDQJT74C52&s=SA6HJ752DAK985CAK&n=SQT2HT93D62CQJ973&d=W&v=0&b=8&a=PPP2C(BAL or G/F)P2D(REL)P2N(BAL 19-20)P3C(ART Major enquiry)P3D(4 card major)P3N(NAT to play)PPP&p=DQD2D3D5D4D6C6D8]400|300|CyberYeti guessed the actual layout almost exactly and his line has excellent practical chances.Unfortunately, if I unblock ♣ and lead a ♥, West defeats me by exiting with ♦J to end-play me in ♦s. I get 4 ♦ tricks but end up a trick short :(All a bit double-dummy, but a pretty defence. [/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted February 10, 2019 Report Share Posted February 10, 2019 [hv=pc=n&w=SJ9875HKDQJT74C52&s=SA6HJ752DAK985CAK&n=SQT2HT93D62CQJ973&d=W&v=0&b=8&a=PPP2C(BAL or G/F)P2D(REL)P2N(BAL 19-20)P3C(ART Major enquiry)P3D(4 card major)P3N(NAT to play)PPP&p=DQD2D3D5D4D6C6D8]400|300|CyberYeti guessed the actual layout almost exactly and his line has excellent practical chances.Unfortunately, if you unblock ♣ and lead a ♥, West can defeat you by exiting with ♦J to end-play you in ♦s. You get 4 ♦ tricks but end up a trick short :(All a bit double-dummy, but a pretty defencce. [/hv] Well if you weren't up to disposing of the ♦8 at trick 1 and winning trick 2 with the 9 so W can't unblock :) admittedly he should return the 7 not the 4 to prevent this, but this is difficult to envision at trick 2. And E has to discard correctly so he retains his 4th heart to give you the ♥J but no 9th trick. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted February 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2019 [hv=pc=n&w=SJ987HAQDQJT74C52&s=SA6HJ752DAK985CAK&n=SQT2HT93D62CQJ973&d=W&v=0&b=8&a=PPP2C(BAL or G/F)P2D(REL)P2N(BAL 19-20)P3C(ART Major enquiry)P3D(4 card major)P3N(NAT to play)PPP&p=DQD2D3D5D4D6C6D8]400|300|For completeness, given Cyberyeti;s 3rd suggested layout, after the first 2 tricks, GIB demonstrates that defenders can defeat 3N, at double-dummy, on a similar defence, end-playing declarer in ♦s.Against this distribution, GIB shows that, declarer succeeds, at double-dummy, only on a ♣ lead.IMO, like Géza Ottlik and Hugh Kelsey, GIB can reveal fascinating opportunities in seemingly hum-drum deals.Some have practical application, once you are aware of such possibilities.Thomas Andrews has discovered wonderful deals, using GIB[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pescetom Posted February 10, 2019 Report Share Posted February 10, 2019 [hv=pc=n&w=SJ98HK8654DQJT74C5&s=SA6HJ752DAK985CAK&n=SQT2HT93D62CQJ973&d=W&v=0&b=8&a=PPP2C(BAL or G/F)P2D(REL)P2N(BAL 19-20)P3C(ART Major enquiry)P3D(4 card major)P3N(NAT to play)PPP&p=DQD2D3D5D4D6C6D8]400|300|Cyberyeti's line seems sensible to me. -- In fact, that's what I did.Unfortunately, as the cards actually lie, our line fails against best defence.[/hv] I sympathise with both defence and offence, but unless I am mistaken 3NT is impossible as the cards lie: even 2NT will fail against a ♠ lead, or if S ducks the ♦ lead like nige1 did and W then switches to ♠.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted February 10, 2019 Report Share Posted February 10, 2019 I sympathise with both defence and offence, but unless I am mistaken 3NT is impossible as the cards lie: even 2NT will fail against a ♠ lead, or if S ducks the ♦ lead like nige1 did and W then switches to ♠.. How does NT play if you play low on the spade lead in dummy, win the A, cash one diamond and two clubs then lead a heart ? (on the layout you posted this against, not the original) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted February 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2019 [hv=pc=n&w=SJ98HK8654DQJT74C5&s=SA6HJ752DAK985CAK&n=SQT2HT93D62CQJ973&d=W&v=0&b=8&a=PPP2C(BAL or G/F)P2D(REL)P2N(BAL 19-20)P3C(ART Major enquiry)P3D(4 card major)P3N(NAT to play)PPP&p=DQD2D3D5D4D6C6D8]400|300|Cyberyeti asks "How does NT play if you play low on the spade lead in dummy, win the A, cash one diamond and two clubs then lead a heart ? +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ If declarer tries that line against this layout, East can play ♠K and another, Gib tells us that declarer still ends up a trick short.[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted February 11, 2019 Report Share Posted February 11, 2019 If declarer tries that line against this layout, East can play ♠K and another, Gib tells us that declarer still ends up a trick short. In 3, the post I replied to implied you couldn't make 2. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted February 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2019 [hv=pc=n&w=SJ9875HKDQJT74C52&s=SA6HJ752DAK985CAK&n=SQT2HT93D62CQJ973&d=W&v=0&b=8&a=PPP2C(BAL or G/F)P2D(REL)P2N(BAL 19-20)P3C(ART Major enquiry)P3D(4 card major)P3N(NAT to play)PPP&p=DQD2D3D5D4D6C6D8CAC2C3C4CKC5C7C8DA]400|300|CyberYeti surmised that this was the actual layout.Pescetom assessed prospects as hopeless against perfect defence.But, after the actual defence (see OP) of ♦Q lead, ducked; and a small ♦, won by declarer's ♦8, GIB tells us that declarer can succeed by cashing ♣AK and ♦APlease press Next to play those cards and arrive at this position..Now, LHO can save the overtrick by -- carefully unblocking a ♦ honour on ♦A and then -- playing low on declarer's ♦K continuationFinally, declarer leads ♥2 to endplay whichever opponent wins the trick Double-dummy but pretty stuff :)[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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