[Hanoi5]

Scoring: XIMP

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We're currently playing a Cavendish tournament and this hand caused a lot of trouble.

1. The bidding:

Should South open 2♣? How should it go?

After:
2♣ 2♥
2♠ 3♣
???

After:
2♣ 2♦ X* 2♠
???

* Double shows a possitive hand

2. The Play:

At most tables where 4♠ was the final contract West led a diamond to the ace and:

- A spade came back, showing East with 5 trumps to the 10.
- A small club came back.
- A diamond came back (West holds the King)

What's the best line to get 10 tricks?

[gnasher]

After a trump return: ♦K, ♦ ruff, two top hearts, heart ruff, exit with a club. If the diamond is overruffed, I'll have to guess clubs. If the second heart is ruffed. I'll probably go down.

After a diamond return, I'd ruff it in dummy and then try to draw trumps. When I find that trumps are 5-0, I cash ♦K and revert to the previous line.

This post has been edited by gnasher: 2009-March-26, 03:40

[Gerben42]

Hanoi5, on Mar 26 2009, 11:29 AM, said:

Scoring: XIMP

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We're currently playing a Cavendish tournament and this hand caused a lot of trouble.

1. The bidding:

Should South open 2♣? How should it go?

After:
2♣ 2♥
2♠ 3♣
???

After:
2♣ 2♦ X* 2♠
???

* Double shows a possitive hand

2. The Play:

At most tables where 4♠ was the final contract West led a diamond to the ace and:

- A spade came back, showing East with 5 trumps to the 10.
- A small club came back.
- A diamond came back (West holds the King)

If a small

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After:
2♣ 2♥
2♠ 3♣
???

Bid 3NT. You have a good ♦ stopper, like 3NT and otherwise you still have the semiforcing you promised.

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After:
2♣ 2♦ X* 2♠
???

That is evil I would probably pass, hoping partner can Dbl for TO. He won't with a singleton ♦, but was worth a try.

As for the play. I play the same as Gnasher. On the first auction this seems likely to work, you will end up with ♠KQJ8 behind ♠T543.