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Too high contract, can you make it?

#1 User is offline   Gerben42 

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Posted 2005-September-23, 06:41

You've landed in a too high 4♥ against expert opponents (real experts):
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after the uncontested auction after West passed:
2♦* - 2NT**
3♣*** - 3♥+
4♥ ++

* Multi
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*** Minimum with ♥
+ Invitation
++ Feeling confident!

I don't know why North raised to 4, but here you are!

LHO leads ♦K, continues with ♦Q but then mercifully leads a trump. Now what?
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Posted 2005-September-23, 07:03

Win ♥K, overtake ♥Q, take ♣ hook, cash ♣A, ruff ♣, knock out the last the trump.... then use ♠Ace as entry. Win 5♥, 4♣, 1♠

Playing for 3-2 ♥ and 3-3 ♣ with king on side.

I think 3♥ should be signoff not invite. IF you want to invite after 3♣ (bad hand), use 3♦, or do you use 3♦ as signoff in ♥?
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Posted 2005-September-23, 07:52

inquiry, on Sep 23 2005, 08:03 AM, said:

Win ♥K, overtake ♥Q, take ♣ hook, cash ♣A, ruff ♣, knock out the last the trump.... then use ♠Ace as entry. Win 5♥, 4♣, 1♠

Playing for 3-2 ♥ and 3-3 ♣ with king on side.

I think 3♥ should be signoff not invite. IF you want to invite after 3♣ (bad hand), use 3♦, or do you use 3♦ as signoff in ♥?

agree with ben on all counts. If you tried say, cashing 2 trumps then ducking a club, they could foil you by winning and playing a spade. Now once you setup clubs you have no entry.
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Posted 2005-September-23, 08:14

If you had done this at the table you'd have won the Dutch "IMP Hand of the Year" prize for best declarer play. Probably not the prize for best bidding, though. Agree 3♥ should be signoff.

Anyway, I think this hand was not the best in the competition.
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Posted 2005-September-23, 08:21

Not to take anything away from whoever won, but I find it hard to believe that this was the best played hand of the year. That is the problem with those contests, 99% of very well played hands go unreported.
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Posted 2005-September-23, 09:27

I have to agree with Justin, this hand really doesn't deserve much praise for bidding or play..... This would fall into the category as "only chance" plays.
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Posted 2005-September-25, 21:35

onlychace? I think overtaking first ♥ works as well, in faact it saves an undertrrick when ♣s are 4-2.
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Posted 2005-October-03, 16:46

" take ♣ hook " wht does this mean??
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Posted 2005-October-03, 16:48

Ben mentioned a club hook, a hook is a finesse. In this case it means playing low to the queen of clubs, "finessing" the king if its on your right.
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Posted 2005-October-03, 16:53

ohhhhhhhh got it
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