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Posted 2006-November-26, 11:54

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Compare and contrast: 6♠ v 6♥ by E/W

This came up in a TG today, I was West and perpetrated probably one of the least impressive auctions of all time, but the bidding is not the point of the hand.

I just thought that the hand was mildly interesting because, while both 6♠ and 6♥ fail on a ♥ lead, 6♠ is also down (but not 6♥) on a ♣ lead - both making on either ♠ on ♦ lead.

The play to 6♥ on a non-♥ lead is interesting. It looks to me as though you need to discard ♠ not ♣ on ♦A, and ruff all the low ♣. That seems counter-intuitive. I wonder if there are layouts when that line costs.
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