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Posted 2007-January-01, 17:31

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This hand came up in a matchpoint tourney. The auction was, west dealer:

Pass - 1♥ - Pass - 2♣
Pass - 2♦ - Pass - 3♦
Pass - 3NT - All Pass

This left east on lead against 3NT. The lead was the ♠3. At this point west made the good play of the ♠8, and declarer won the spade trick and cashed two clubs, then a heart to dummy and three more clubs. East made sure to pitch the ♠J (along with a small card in each red suit) limiting declarer to ten tricks (1♠+5♣+2♥+2♦) for a fairly normal score.

The interesting part is what happens if west makes the mistake of winning the first spade and returning the suit. Now north can take twelve tricks! Not a situation I've seen frequently!
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Posted 2007-January-01, 18:15

hmmm...
crushed in 3 suits but sequentially (progressively?), depending on East's choice of discards and declarer reading the situation correctly? a nicely placed ten of spades
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Posted 2007-January-02, 23:48

North-South can win at least 2(!!)♠+2♥+2♦+5♣ if West pitches ♠J, or did I miss something?
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Posted 2007-January-03, 05:13

I don't understand - if East discards the SJ, declarer just plays a second spade and has at least 2 spades, 2 hearts, 2 diamonds and 5 clubs.

In fact, after spade lead ducked, 2 clubs, heart to dummy, 3 more clubs discarding 2 diamonds and a heart from hand; East discards SJ and 2 red suit cards. Declarer now plays a second spade. If West takes it East will be squeezed in the reads; if he ducks it declarer can exit with the HJ. 12 tricks either way.
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Posted 2007-January-03, 14:05

In fact there are always twelve tricks, but after the duck of the spade at trick one it requires somewhat double-dummy play. The issue is that at some point declarer will have to play the second top spade, crushing the jack and establishing dummy's ♠T, a line of play which would manage to go down in three if west started with ♠AJxxx.

In any case the play at my table involved declarer pitching the ♠K on the fifth round of clubs and east pitching the ♠J behind him.
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