[jim420]

A hand I kibitzed from the MBC

Scoring: IMP

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Your bidding sequence for this hand please...

[pbleighton]

4H-All Pass.

Stuff happens.

Peter

[jdonn]

pbleighton, on Mar 11 2007, 11:11 AM, said:

4H-All Pass.

Stuff happens.

Peter

It seems east is dealer so south goes first.

[dake50]

<4S> 5C <5S> 5H.
Beleive that?

[pbleighton]

"It seems east is dealer so south goes first. "

Oops

Then 1C-1H-1S-4H.

No better.

Peter

[temp3600]

1♣   1♥
1♠    2♦
3♦    4♥
p

[P_Marlowe]

Hi,

1C - 1H
1S - 2D (1)
3C (2) - 4H (3)

(1) 4th suit, inv.+
(2) tough call, I may bid 2NT at the table,
but I wont like it
(3) shows this hand, min. self sufficient suit

With kind regards
Marlowe

[jim420]

4♥ is the usual expected contract, but on this particular table the contract was 6♣x (South) after some mistake in the bidding by South.

The auction was
W N E S
- - P 1♣
1♦ 1♥ P 2♣*
P 4NT P 5♦
P 6♣ P P
X P P P

*: ?? I dunno what this was about, a poor bid

Lead ♠A. Now this is getting interesting...difficult but not impossible
Plan your play. I'll reveal the whole deal later.

[Fluffy]

ruff
then ruff again but in hand
draw trumps
claim?

EDIT: sorry too fast

ruff
ruff in hand
2 clubs ending in dummy
ruff a heart
get the last trump
claim.

[HeartA]

Fluffy, on Mar 12 2007, 10:16 AM, said:

ruff
then ruff again but in hand
draw trumps
claim?

EDIT: sorry too fast

ruff
ruff in hand
2 clubs ending in dummy
ruff a heart
get the last trump
claim.

Well, I would take a slight different route. I would ruff one H only. If H were 4-1, unless RHO has 1 heart and 3 clubs, to ruff second H wouldn't help.
1. ruff in dummy
2. ruff H in hand
3. C to Q
4&5. Draw two more rounds of trumps (if trumps are 4-1, we are dead).
6. claim (D KJ as entry to H).

[jim420]

Sorry everyone for the long, long delay. This was the full hand.

Scoring: IMP

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West North East South

 -     -     Pass  1♣
 1♦    1♥    Pass  2♣
 Pass  4NT   Pass  5♦
 Pass  6♣    Pass  Pass
 Dbl   Pass  Pass  Pass
 

[jim420]

As you can see, 6♥ is obviously -1 here. That is, if you love your hand too much to try 6♥, not knowing your p is void, and the ♥Q, ♦A are both absent...in fact many (>3 out of 16) pairs did go for 6♥...

ironically, 6♣ is possible, even double dummy. However, nobody except this table discovered the use of ♣ as a trump suit (let alone slam)...for 14.6 IMP

what do u think here? is the ♣ fit worth going for?

P.S. After u ruff the ♠ lead, most of u would go for a ♥ ruff back to hand at trick 2. would your subdequent line change if LHO false-carded the ♥J? (In fact, this was what happened there.)