manudude03 Posted March 2, 2021 Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 [hv=pc=n&s=sa974hat973dk863c&w=sth84dq952ckjt862&n=sj852hq65dajc9743&e=skq63hkj2dt74caq5]399|300[/hv] One of the cutest hands I've seen in a while. Try not to use GIB, but can 4♠ (by North) always be made vs best defence? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pescetom Posted March 3, 2021 Report Share Posted March 3, 2021 Bridge-director fuzzy logic says that it can be made, but actual play is another matter.Cute hand indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted March 3, 2021 Report Share Posted March 3, 2021 As my wife will attest, I am not always good at following instructions: I initially analyzed this as played by South, and don't think it can be beaten from that side. I don't see how east being on lead helps, so my take is that the contract is cold, played double-dummy. East might help declarer out, in real life, by bidding at some point.....say either by opening 1N or by bidding 1N after South opens and the auction goes 1H P 1S 1N Personally, I can't see getting to 4S, but that's beside the point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manudude03 Posted March 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2021 To put a focus on a specific line, I'll put this in spoilers if anyone is still trying to work out if it always makes. I managed to make it at the table with some help (yes I did push it too hard as North). [hv=pc=https://www.bridgebase.com/tools/handviewer.html?lin=st||pn|South,West,North,East|md|2SA974HAT973DK863C,STH84DQ952CKJT862,SJ852HQ65DAJC9743,SKQ63HKJ2DT74CAQ5|sv|b|rh||ah|Board%204|mb|P|mb|P|mb|1N|mb|2C!|an|majors|mb|P|mb|2S|mb|P|mb|P|mb|3C|mb|P|mb|P|mb|3D|mb|P|mb|4S|mb|D|mb|P|mb|P|mb|P|pc|D4|pc|D3|pc|DQ|pc|DA|pc|SJ|pc|SQ|pc|SA|pc|ST|pc|D6|pc|D2|pc|DJ|pc|D7|pc|HQ|pc|HK|pc|HA|pc|H4|pc|HT|pc|H8|pc|H6|pc|HJ|pc|DT|pc|D8|pc|D5|pc|S2|pc|S5|pc|S3|pc|S7|pc|C2|pc|H9|pc|C6|pc|H5|pc|H2|pc|DK|pc|D9|pc|C3|pc|S6|pc|SK|pc|S4|pc|C8|pc|S8|mc|10|]480|360[/hv] GIB says it can always be made, but what I'm really curious about is why do you have to specifically lead the ♠7 at trick 3 (why doesn't the 9 lead to the same result)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerriman Posted March 4, 2021 Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 I cheated :( But very cute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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