Finch Posted May 31, 2005 Report Share Posted May 31, 2005 An opportunity came up at the weekend for a textbook play I don't think I've seen at the table before. I was so pleased with it, it made the whole weekend's bridge worthwhile...[hv=d=e&v=n&n=s82hk9xxxdq7xxc82&w=s10hjxxdkjxxcxxxxx&e=sk9xxhaxd109xcakqj&s=saqj7xxhq10xdaxc10x]399|300|Scoring: MP[/hv] The auction, starting with East, was 1NT 2S 2NT P3C P P 3Sall pass 1NT was 15-17, 2NT lebensohl (love all at pairs), and 3S also a result of being love all at pairs. East passed 3S very very slowly. West led a rather aggressive 2 of diamonds, and the play went: diamond won by the Queen in dummyspade to the Queen and 10Ace of diamondsClub, taken by East who cashed the another top clubDiamond from East ruffed in hand.Queen of hearts ducked all round.10 of hearts run to East's Ace.Club exit from East....do you see what happened on this? (If East had exited with the S9 instead of the 3rd diamond three tricks earlier, I could have played a heart to the 9, but a truly brilliant West would have inserted the Jack on this!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted May 31, 2005 Report Share Posted May 31, 2005 declarer ruffed small in hand and overruffed with the 8. Then he ruffed a diamond with the 7 in his hand and got out with a heart which rho was forced to ruff and was endplayed into leading into the AQ of spades. Of course this is just the flashy line, declarer could also just pitch his heart from hand and ruff in dummy then lead the HK from dummy and ruff then get out a small trump to rho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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