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3 from this morning - Hand III

#1 User is offline   pclayton 

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Posted 2006-January-16, 14:37

And here's the last:

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Pard opens 1♣ and RHO overcalls 1♠. You make a WJO of 3♥ and LHO bids 4♠, passed back to you.

Anticipating a different hand for pard, and hoping for a useful 0=3=4=6 or the like, you make the very questionable (putting it lightly perhaps) call of 5♥. LHO doubles quickly and there you are.

LHO leads the A♥ (RHO follows) and puts a small diamond on the table.

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Posted 2006-January-16, 21:40

zzzzzzz...............planning for -1. Why dont opps pull Spade A?
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Posted 2006-January-18, 03:17

Well, I don't have a full plan, but from the play so far, I'd be inclined to place LHO with something like

♠ Axx
♥ A
♦ Qxxxx
♣ xxxx

It is consistent with LHO's 4♠ bid, with him not continuing hearts, and with the low diamond switch, hoping to catch pard with a diamond honor to play a 2nd trump before the ace of spades is dislodged. And it is still consistent with RHO having his 1♠ overcall.

Anyway, best seems to hop up with the diamond ace, take the ruffing finesse in clubs, give up a spade and take it from there. How much am I going down already? :rolleyes:
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Posted 2006-January-18, 05:39

Well, everything is a guess, but the optimum would be to ruff 2♠ in dummy without losign the hand to RHO. Lets try ♣AQ then
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Posted 2006-January-18, 09:45

Believe or not there is a lie of the cards that allows you to make this silly contract, and its not inconsistent with their bidding.

I believe the actual hand was:


(I'm not sure if I mentioned the diamond honor drops at T1).

Oddly, LHO's diamond shift might be indicative of a vulnerable club holding as well.

SO....

3. ♥ to King (both follow)
4, 5, 6 ♣ to Q, A (♦ pitch) and ruff a club getting the good news.

Give up a spade and claim! 5♥+4♣+♠ruff +A♦ = 11!

The problem with this line is that it risks -1400 if the club is on your right and trumps are 3-1. :P :o

I just played A♣, Q♣. They never did lead another trump so I escaped for -1.
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Posted 2006-January-18, 10:32

I was thinking about this hand and at MPs, the line of play is quite obvious! You are in an anti-field contract and no way they are making 4♠. So you must take whatever risk is necessary to bring it home.
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