[Patapon]

I didn't play the Spingold but I was kibitzer on this hand.

Scoring: IMP

North South
1♣ 1♥
1NT 2♦*
2NT** 3♥
4♥

*GF relay
** Deny 3 cards in ♥

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Your partner lead the 6 of Spade ( 4th best), 9,10, Ace
The declarer plays the 3 of Diamond,7,J ( standard carding)

And now?

[barmar]

N.M.

[Patapon]

What does N.M mean please?

[barmar]

Never Mind. I asked what the lead was, but then you added it.

[Fluffy]

club back, hoping declarer has ♠AKx ♥KJ8xxx ♦xx ♣Ax

After winning ♣Q declarer is locked in dummy and must play a club back to hand, when he now plays a diamond towards dummy partner will hop with the ace, give us a ruff and we finally promote the setting trump trick.

[matmat]

Fluffy, on Aug 14 2009, 08:36 PM, said:

club back, hoping declarer has ♠AKx ♥KJ8xxx ♦xx ♣Ax

wouldn't the declarer had tried the ♠J from dummy with this holding?

[barmar]

matmat, on Aug 14 2009, 09:44 PM, said:

Fluffy, on Aug 14 2009, 08:36 PM, said:

club back, hoping declarer has ♠AKx ♥KJ8xxx ♦xx ♣Ax

wouldn't the declarer had tried the ♠J from dummy with this holding?

But wouldn't partner have led K if he had KQxxxx, and wouldn't declarer have played Q if he had AQx?

[matmat]

barmar, on Aug 14 2009, 09:04 PM, said:

matmat, on Aug 14 2009, 09:44 PM, said:

Fluffy, on Aug 14 2009, 08:36 PM, said:

club back, hoping declarer has ♠AKx ♥KJ8xxx ♦xx ♣Ax

wouldn't the declarer had tried the ♠J from dummy with this holding?

But wouldn't partner have led K if he had KQxxxx, and wouldn't declarer have played Q if he had AQx?

declarer could have AK tight, that does give p a 7 card suit... but a really crappy one

[Patapon]

Fluffy, on Aug 15 2009, 01:36 AM, said:

club back, hoping declarer has ♠AKx ♥KJ8xxx ♦xx ♣Ax

After winning ♣Q declarer is locked in dummy and must play a club back to hand, when he now plays a diamond towards dummy partner will hop with the ace, give us a ruff and we finally promote the setting trump trick.

This is smart and could work.

Declarer's hand was the one you imagine but unfortunately he had also the 9 of Heart.

The declarer was a very good player but he went down here doing nothing very wrong I think.

[maggieb]

I would play the ♦9 back, as the only position that I can see which matters is when declarer has forgotten to unblock the singleton ♣A for a ruffing finesse against me. There is also some chance that this works when partner has the singleton ♥J and he can give me a spade ruff.

If declarer is ♠AKx ♥KJxxxx ♦xx ♣Ax there is nothing we can do to stop partner from being endplayed after declarer plays two rounds of clubs and plays a diamond towards the dummy.

[Patapon]

Declarer's hand was : ♠AKx ♥KJ98xx ♦xx ♣Ax

The defender thought for about 10 seconds and played back a trump.

Kyle Larsen thought also about 10 seconds and played the King from his hand to play Diamond again.

Oops said KL when the defender showed him his trumps

The defender looked at me and winked of an eye

[Fluffy]

Doh, my first though was a heart when I saw the problem, hoping that partner had ♥J or missguessed, but then I saw a club was also working then.

First impression tends to be right

[cherdanno]

Nice play!
Maybe a diamond back and a spade ruff would also work - declarer might play us for ♥Txx rather than QTxx.

[Patapon]

The defender was my favorite player in the world: My husband Philippe