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I wuz Grosvenored

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Posted 2009-July-19, 05:23

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9♦ led, small in dummy, to Jack and Ace. That's careless, I thought. Before the Jack came up, it was Plan A - I needed to play East for AQ or AQx. Now it looks like I can get a losing heart away and make the contract provided I limit my spade losers to 3. So on to Plan B. I played a small club to dummy's King and noticed that East dropped the Jack. Hmm! Another extravagant card. Do I now revert to Plan A? No probably a doubleton, so I will press on with Plan B. Accordingly I Played Q♦ covered with the King which I ruffed and west followed suit with the 8. Next I played a heart to the Ace and then my promoted 10♦ (by courtesy of East) and discarded a heart. West ruffed with the 4 and returnd a club and horror! East ruffed. Now I am down and could have made it with Plan A as East held ♠AQ3.

Also on refection, plan B doesn't give me much more than Plan A. Yes I can pick up Qx with west but the attendant risk of a ruff might override this advantage. I could imagine that East was Hideous Hog at the computer gloating to all the kibbers about his Grosvenor Coup.
May 2003: Mission accomplished
Oct 2006: Mission impossible
Soon: Mission illegal
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