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[Old York]

jdaming, on Apr 17 2009, 03:10 AM, said:

Now declarer pulls 3 rounds of ♦ ending in either hand...If you pitch ♥ I will pick up all 4 ♥ tricks

If North throws a Heart and 2 Clubs (or 1 card from each suit) then you will have some very difficult decisions to make because you can only cash 3 heart tricks (suit blocked)... [if dummy held ♥9 then your solution would work]

This is an interesting hand to play out as a single dummy bridge problem, but the solution given is double-dummy all the way. No player would take this line at the table, there are just too many variables

The best line on this hand is the simplest. Ducking a diamond to South and hope the ♣Ace is with South or South continues Spades

Thanks for the puzzle, I love a mystery

Tony

[jdaming]

Perhaps easy was unfair at the table I got the ♠ pitches and hate myself for not making this . Although I don't think this line is as "bad" as you are giving it credit. I think pitching from Qxx is a...risky play and probably would not be found at the table especially when ♣/♠ pitches look "harmless."

I agree that some of these plays are "double dummy."