[clayniac]

♥♦My long-time regular bbo partner, jmk114, Mike, made the following hand vulnerable for +11 imps in the 11 am ACBL today, Thursday 3/22.

With silent opponents, the bidding went:
1 ♦- 1 ♠
2 ♥- 2 nt (Lebensohl, do you have full values for your reverse?)
3 ♠ 3 nt

♣ ten lead-my dummy (west) hits with:
♠ AQ6 ♥ A875 ♦KJ953 ♣ A

Mike's hand (east) is:
♠ 9873 ♥ K9 ♦ 8 ♣ qj6432

trick 1. ♣ T-A per force-K-2
trick 2. ♥ 5-J-9-3
trick 3. ♦ 4-8-A-3
trick 4. ♠ 5-6-T-3
trick 5. ♦ 2-3-Q-K
trick 6. ♥ 7-4-K-2
trick 7. ♣ Q-5-♥ 8-♦ 6
trick 8. ♣ J-7-♦ 5- ♠ 2
trick 9. ♠7-4-A-J
trick 10. ♥ A-Q-♣ 4-♥ 6
trick 11. ♠ Q-K-8-♣ 8
Now North is endplayed in ♦ and must lead from T-7 into dummy's J-9

Mike diagnosed the layout perfectly from the opening lead.

South, on lead, held:
♠ 54 ♥ T632 ♦ AQ ♣ T9875

North held:
♠ KJT2 ♥ QJ4 ♦ T7642 ♣ K

A very well-played hand.

Patsy

[inquiry]

Hi Patsy, your representation was a little difficult to follow, so I took the liberty of cleaning it up (no doubt I may have entered a wrong card or two). The defense had their chance but they went awry (often happens).

1 ♦- 1 ♠
2 ♥- 2 nt (Lebensohl, do you have full values for your reverse?)
3 ♠ 3 nt

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trick 1. ♣ T-A per force-K-2
trick 2. ♥ 5-J-9-3 <<-- I am not sure ducking a heart is not clear. Winning the king and cashing a club before going after diamonds seem better. But ok.

trick 3. ♦ 4-8-A-3 <<-- but I don't understand a diamond from his RHO looking at KJ9xx in dummy. After the heart was ducked and your LHO played the heart 3 (the six would have been a better count signal), a heart continuation seems clear and I think that will sink the ship.

trick 4. ♠ 5-6-T-3
trick 5. ♦ 2-3-Q-K
trick 6. ♥ 7-4-K-2
trick 7. ♣ Q-5-♥ 8-♦ 6
trick 8. ♣ J-7-♦ 5- ♠ 2
trick 9. ♠7-4-A-J <<-- correctly read the position with the spade 5-4 by LHO and the low ♦ spot from RHO
trick 10. ♥ A-Q-♣ 4-♥ 6
trick 11. ♠ Q-K-8-♣ 8 <<--- nice endplay.