[Echognome]

Scoring: MP

2♠ - 4♠

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Opening Lead: ♥Q

How do you plan to take the maximum number of tricks?

Usual plea to let the people that can make use out of this problem the chance to think about it before giving spoilers. So as an alternative to asking people to use hidden text, how about asking people to refrain from answering until people have given a try. I know you know the answer and are smart. After people have responded, feel free to type visibly or give people help.

*Note: I am not dictator of the forums, so the above is just a humble request.

[jtfanclub]

Not sure how long we're supposed to wait...

Spoiler

A and another diamond, eventually ruff a diamond high, draw trump, and run the diamonds. Best chance of making 6

[vuroth]

I can ruff to clubs, using a heart and a spade to get to them. That's 11 tricks, only need hearts 4/3, or the hand with heart shortage to be single or void in trump.

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[Echognome]

jtfanclub, on Dec 19 2007, 01:30 PM, said:

Not sure how long we're supposed to wait...

Sorry, I was just requesting that the experts gave the rest a chance. So the answer to your question depends on how you view yourself.

Thanks!

[Mbodell]

Spoiler

My quick and dirty plan which is probably missing some safety on certain bad splits is: Win A♥ then A♦ and lose a ♦. Now I'll either get a 3-2 diamond break in which case I can win whatever is returned and pull trump and ruff diamonds good and pitch clubs on the good diamonds and ruff the hearts for 12 tricks. If diamonds are not 3-2 but they don't return a trump I can cash the K♥ and cross ruff (using the 3 to ruff a heart and not a diamond) high the rest of the hands. If they return a trump then I can't cross ruff the whole rest of the hand but I should be able to cross ruff to a winning diamond to pitch the last club. So I think this guarantees 12 tricks unless someone has a diamond void, or heart singleton or void, or doubleton heart with west having a high spade.