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JanM, on Dec 10 2008, 09:05 AM, said:
Now that I've shown Chip the hand, he reports that the auction at his table was:
1♣-P-1♥-5♦
5♥-P-6♥-All pass
He then mentioned that 6♥ was actually cold (on a diamond lead, declarer ruffs, ducks a heart, wins the spade return, pulls trumps and overtakes the club K - because the 10-9 of clubs are tripleton, the clubs run; on a club lead, declarer wins the A, leads the J of hearts and whatever S does, he can clear the hearts before the A of spades is knocked out of the dummy and then cash clubs).
Zia didn't double, because DBL would have called for a club lead and from his hand it looked as if a club lead would be very bad for his side. Chip led a diamond and declarer got the hand slightly wrong, given the actual layout - cashed the club K, ducked a heart, won the spade and tried to cash clubs - Zia ruffed in on the 4th club, and eventually took a spade trick for -1.
1♣-P-1♥-5♦
5♥-P-6♥-All pass
He then mentioned that 6♥ was actually cold (on a diamond lead, declarer ruffs, ducks a heart, wins the spade return, pulls trumps and overtakes the club K - because the 10-9 of clubs are tripleton, the clubs run; on a club lead, declarer wins the A, leads the J of hearts and whatever S does, he can clear the hearts before the A of spades is knocked out of the dummy and then cash clubs).
Zia didn't double, because DBL would have called for a club lead and from his hand it looked as if a club lead would be very bad for his side. Chip led a diamond and declarer got the hand slightly wrong, given the actual layout - cashed the club K, ducked a heart, won the spade and tried to cash clubs - Zia ruffed in on the 4th club, and eventually took a spade trick for -1.
West bid 5♥ with that? Wow.
