[matmat]

Scoring: XIMP

You get to 6♥ by North
on an auction where East
overcalls or opens 1♠.
♠A is led, west follows low,
followed by the ♠K.
Plan the play.

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6♥ was only bid at 3 of the 16 tables and went down at all 3.


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[whereagles]

The trick seems to be how to guard against a 5-0 trump break without going down if they break 4-1 or 3-2... lol.

Anyway, one can try this...

Spoiler

T1. Ruff with heart J.
T2. Ruff a club.
T3. Cash a heart.

Now, if trumps break, claim. If not, go back to dummy with a diamond and run the clubs, discarding spades.

Then if RHO ruffs, overruff, pull trumps, go back to dummy in diams and claim.

If RHO keeps discarding, 3 tricks from the end you'll have KQT over his Jxx, and the lead in dummy.

[elwood913]

I go up with the ♥J. When I draw trump and find them 5-0, I get back to the board with a ♦ and then start playing clubs.

If W doesn't trump one of the first 3 clubs, I trump the 4th ♣, back with a ♦, trump another ♣. Now all my trump are good. I think this works every time W can't trump a ♦.

If W ever trumps a club, I overtrump, draw the remaining trumps and then back to the board with a ♦. This will only work when W has dropped the ♣J, making my ♣T good for my last needed discard.

Not 100% but the best I can do.

Bill

[lilboyman]

Looks to me as if East follows to both Spades and dummy ruffed low with the 4, Dummy cashed the Heart Jack and a then a low Club was led toward the closed hand which ruffed low and was over-ruffed by East who led a Diamond for West to ruff. So, ruff the Club high or overtake the Jack of Hearts.

[lexlogan]

I'm puzzled at the "West follows low" -- is the North hand at the bottom? Anyway, I ruff the spade low, cash the Jack of Hearts. Are they 5-0? Then I'll try reaching the long trump hand by ruffing a low club with the seven. Did I just get over-ruffed? I'd call 6-0 and 5-0 on the same hand extremely back luck! Otherwise I've got 12 tricks cold (if trumps aren't 5-0, I ruff the club high.)

[matmat]

lexlogan, on Dec 1 2007, 11:40 PM, said:

I'm puzzled at the "West follows low" -- is the North hand at the bottom? Anyway, I ruff the spade low, cash the Jack of Hearts. Are they 5-0? Then I'll try reaching the long trump hand by ruffing a low club with the seven. Did I just get over-ruffed? I'd call 6-0 and 5-0 on the same hand extremely back luck! Otherwise I've got 12 tricks cold (if trumps aren't 5-0, I ruff the club high.)

North, the hand at the top, is declarer. east makes the opening lead. sorry about the rotation.

[nige1]

matmat, on Nov 19 2007, 06:10 PM, said:

Dealer: North Vul: E/W Scoring: XIMP

♠ T765 ♥ AKQT87 ♦ T62 ♣   ♠ 9 ♥ J4 ♦ AK4 ♣ AKQT842

You get to 6♥ by North East overcalls or opens 1♠. ♠A is led, west follows low, followed by the ♠K. Plan the play. 6♥ was bid at only 3 of the 16 tables and went down at all 3.

IMO Ruff with ♥J, ruff a club low and cash ♥A ...
If trumps are 5-0 then dummy' clubs should coup West's trumps.

[ArtK78]

Sure looks like the right line to me.