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Posted 2012-February-26, 16:18

In a team match, some exuberant bidding lands you in a reasonable spot:

LHO leads the K: 2, 4...? What's your plan? Opps are playing UDCA.



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Posted 2012-February-27, 07:17

I owuld duck the club, I wanan ruff 3 diamonds in dummy and need to keep south offlead if I can.
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Posted 2012-February-27, 10:33

Okay, LHO continues the 5 to the 6, 9, A. You cash the A and ruff a diamond, LHO following 5,7 and RHO following 3,4. Now what?
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Posted 2012-February-27, 11:41

It would be nice to make it with Kx and AQ offside, by extracting all of LHO's clubs then endplaying him with a heart. However, I can't see a way to do that.

Suppose I duck the club, win the next one, ruff a diamond, ruff a club, cash A, and lead another diamond. If LHO has four clubs, he can ruff in and exit with his last club, giving me a ruff and discard but not giving me another trick. If LHO has only three clubs, that makes him 6223, so he can ruff in and give his partner a spade ruff.

At the moment my best plan is to take a spade finesse.

Edit: I can do it if LHO is 4234: duck the club, win the next one, A, diamond ruff, club ruff, A, diamond ruff, club ruff, diamond ruff, club ruff, exit with a heart.
... that would still not be conclusive proof, before someone wants to explain that to me as well as if I was a 5 year-old. - gwnn
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