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#1 User is offline   Rossoneri 

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Posted 2010-February-10, 18:48

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After opening 2N and going via puppet stayman you arrive in 3NT.

Opening lead is ♠8. How would you play?

Hint 1:
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Hint 2:
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Posted 2010-February-11, 01:43

I would fail at the table after ducking a spade to east and a diamond later to west.
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Posted 2010-February-11, 05:32

The ♠8 lead hints AJT behind dummy. But I don't have a decision yet. I'm forced to use a big one at trick 1, and later I play ♦A+♦. It probably comes down to if I can read the position later and perhaps play for an end play against east.
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Posted 2010-February-11, 05:51

Codo, on Feb 11 2010, 08:43 AM, said:

I would fail at the table after ducking a spade to east and a diamond later to west.

How do you propose to endplay East?

That's exactly what I did!
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Posted 2010-February-11, 06:44

They can prevent the endplay by ducking at trick one and then repeatedly playing East's four-card suit.
If we come down to ♠Q75 ♥Kx opposite ♠9x ♥Qx, and LHO is out of clubs, he's dead - if he has kept only two spades, we set up a spade trick; otherwise we cash the hearts and endplay him. However, if the ending is ♠Q75 ♥K opposite ♠9x ♥x, he can survive by keeping 2-2 in the majors.

This post has been edited by gnasher: 2010-February-11, 06:50

... that would still not be conclusive proof, before someone wants to explain that to me as well as if I was a 5 year-old. - gwnn
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