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Interesting play hand: make 5C beaten by the masters, david bird

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Posted 2006-August-02, 10:04

I saw this in the book "Beaten by the masters" by Dvid Brd. Since I don't have the book handy, the hands might be different.

You are South, playing in 5C, after West has preempted in hearts.




West leads the AK of hearts, you ruff second trick with the ♣8. You play ♣AK of clubs and to your surprise East discards on the ♣K.

Now what? (Scoring Rubber. Vul none.)

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Posted 2006-August-02, 11:13

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Posted 2006-August-04, 12:25

pclayton, on Aug 2 2006, 12:13 PM, said:

I think I've seen this a long time ago.

Play a spade up. if West ruffs he beats air and I retain trump control. Club back to my hand and the last trump where I discard the K♠.

If you play a spade up, West can ruff and lead a heart to force you.

If you want to catch a singleton Q with West, you don't have to play a spade up as you cash a spade honour anyway.

But you got it, the key play is the discard of ♠A or K on the last trump, apparently blocking yourself in both spades and diamonds.
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Posted 2006-August-04, 12:36

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Posted 2006-August-05, 20:44

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