[sceptic]

Yours truly played this and screwed up big time, can you spot what I did wrong apart from not playing in spades

Scoring: IMP

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West North East South

- - - 1♥
Pass 1♠ Pass 2♥

Pass 3♠ Pass 3NT
Pass Pass Pass

D3 DJ D7 D4
C7 C4 CA C2
ST S7 SQ S4
SA S9 C3 S8
S2 SK H2 D5
C5 C8 CT S3
CQ S5 C9 CK
DA D6 D2 D9
H5 HK H3 H9
C6 S6 CJ H6
HQ HA H4 HJ
H7 D8 SJ HT
DT H8 DQ DK
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[rona_]

You have no entry to the board after you set up spades. Play a small diamond to your ace on the first trick.

Not advanced or expert

[firmit]

This is a classic error beginners and many intermediates do and maybe some advanced folks too

I am trying to convince my just-learned-bridge-friend to plan the play - it ain't easy!

ADDED:
Just posted this - and as I was kibitzing a friend - the hand just came up! What a coincidence! They found 6♠ though ( your partner was mrdodgy! )

[helene_t]

You can still make it after having won the ♦J, I think. Set up the hearts instead of the spades. On a good day spade split 4-1 so the experts go down and you make it.

[sceptic]

I played to quick never bothered to plan as I saw it was easy to make (my usual story)

just shows what a fool you can make of yourself, but I thought others can have a chuckle and it may help someone somewhere

[jtfanclub]

helene_t, on Feb 8 2008, 05:59 AM, said:

You can still make it after having won the ♦J, I think. Set up the hearts instead of the spades. On a good day spade split 4-1 so the experts go down and you make it.

Yeppers!

Trick 1, win the jack of diamonds.
Trick 2, duck a heart
Trick 3, win the ace of diamonds.
Trick 4, duck a heart
Trick 5, win the king of diamonds, discarding a club
Trick 6, Club to the king
Trick 7, 8, 9, 10...win the A and three little hearts
Trick 11, win your club ace
Trick 12, Win the spade ace.
Trick 13, Surrender.

Makes 4, 5 if they can't decide what to sluff on the hearts and end up endplaying East.

[vuroth]

Still, it's a good example hand.