[jim420]

After a messy and reckless auction you reached the contract of 3♠xx

The beer card then emerged from LHO

Plz state your play...

Scoring: IMP

W N E S
- - - P
1♣ P 1♥ 2♦
3♣ P 3♥ P
3♠ X XX P
P P

3♠xxW

lead ♦7

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[bill1157]

take A♦ ,Spade to the Ace, AKQ of hearts pitching diamonds, club to the K and Ace win trump return cash club... then cross ruff.

Bill

[jocdelevat]

same as bill1157 except i ruff a diamond and then I play the club honor.

[ArtK78]

Perhaps it was just a typo, but I would play only the A and K of hearts pitching diamonds, as I have only 2 small diamonds. Then I ruff a diamonds and play a top club.

I intend to cash a club and cross ruff clubs and red cards. I can attempt to cash the third heart winner later in the hand. It is not going anywhere.

[jdonn]

Don't forget when you play the spade to dummy, play the lowest one that will beat the one played by the doubler if he doesn't split. Spades might even be 6-0 and are almost guaranteed at least QJ9xx opposite x.

Also I wouldn't ruff a diamond, isn't that very likely to be overruffed? Even if you're lucky and diamonds are 5-2 you're just setting up an overruff for after you lose the club. I would take all three hearts then play a club toward my hand.

Also I can think of no reason to risk delaying cashing the third heart. If south is shorter it can't hurt me, he will be out of trump after a round anyway. If north is shorter he was already set up to overruff me in diamonds, if he can do it in hearts too that it irrelevant.

So I agree with bill for the first half of the hand, except of course south is returning a diamond, not a trump which he doesn't have anyway.