[Phil]

Scoring: IMP

Pass - pass - 3S - 4H
4S - AP

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The opening lead is the ♥K, A, 9 (UDCA), 2

You play 2 high spades. LHO follows and RHO pitches a medium diamond.

You play a club, 2, Q, K

The defense cashes a heart and LHO plays A♦, Q♦.

Now what?

[vuroth]

RHO started with 1 or 3 ♥, so LHO has 6 or 8.

LHO had 2 spades.

LHO pretty much has to have AQJ♦.

So LHO is 2631 with 1 more minor card. That card should either be the T♦ of the A♣. Since dummy has the T♦, LHO started with xx KQJTxx AQJ Ax (or something close to it).

K♦ on the Q, low club, ruffing, ♠ to the 7, throw both red losers on the JT♣, making with an over?

[Phil]

vuroth, on Apr 7 2009, 10:34 AM, said:

RHO started with 1 or 3 ♥, so LHO has 6 or 8.

LHO had 2 spades.

LHO pretty much has to have AQJ♦.

So LHO is 2631 with 1 more minor card. That card should either be the T♦ of the A♣. Since dummy has the T♦, LHO started with xx KQJTxx AQJ Ax (or something close to it).

K♦ on the Q, low club, ruffing, ♠ to the 7, throw both red losers on the JT♣, making with an over?

Yes that's exactly what LHO held - 2=6=3=2. WD