[mikeh]

Imps, Vulnerable, last hand of a KO final, competent opps:

You reach 6♠, opening lead is the ♣Q


     Q98
     KJ4
     A532
     AK6


     AKJ72
     A732
     void
     8743

Your uncontested auction was (you dealt) began with 1♠ by you and a 2♦ gf response from partner, who later pushed to slam.

Hint: plan the play and then, once you have decided upon the line, look at the hidden text to see if the ♥ hook wins. And can you make it if it does/doesn't at that point in your line?


[HIDDEN] The ♥ hook loses

[Trumpace]

At the table, I will play on dummy reversal lines by ruffing diamonds and hoping for 3-3 hearts if the heart finesse does not win. (with 3-3 hearts, I can discard the club loser on 4th heart).

Win club Ace, ruff diamond low and Play a heart to Jack. Assume it loses and a heart comes back. I win the King, ruff another diamond (high), club to King and ruff another diamond (high). Cash a high trump and play a trump to the 9. Assuming that holds I draw the last trump and cash the diamond Ace discarding a club. Play a heart to the Ace and if the hearts are 3-3, I discard the club in dummy on the last heart.

I will change my line if the heart finesse wins. (Still dummy reversal.. but hearts can now be 4-2).

This line requires spades 3-2 no matter what.

So this line requires hearts 4-2 and Q onside
or
If Heart Queen offside, then hearts 3-3 and spade T onside.

Maybe there are squeeze possibilities, but I won't get them at the table.
(Just thought of this: If the guy who holds 4 clubs also holds 4 hearts, with this line he is squeezed. After cashing the diamond Ace, we will know if the club 6 is high. If not play a heart to Ace and see if the last heart is high)

This post has been edited by Trumpace: 2005-September-19, 18:50

[Fluffy]

also dummy reversal, I will try ♥ finese at trick 3.