[jukmoi]

MFA, on Feb 22 2010, 10:12 AM, said:

jukmoi, on Feb 22 2010, 01:40 PM, said:

MFA, on Feb 22 2010, 05:58 AM, said:

hanp, on Feb 22 2010, 10:01 AM, said:

gnasher, on Feb 21 2010, 07:04 PM, said:

Good point.  Maybe we can't beat it legitimately when he's 6-4 (though I agree that after the forcing defence he might still go wrong).

Playing a club does beat it when he has something like KJ10xx xx QJxxx x.

Close enough, declarer had KJ10xx xx QJxxx Q.

So there was no defense after the lead?! Ok declarer might go wrong but a little unlikely.

After ♦ lead and two rounds of ♥ south plays a ♣. It goes ♣ Q, ♦Q (covered and ruffed), ♥ ruff, ♦ J, ♦ ruff, ♠Q, ♣A. Now declarer is stuck in dummy and North will score one trick with his ♠9xxx by trump promotion. So one down?

Not really since declarer can ruff the second ♣ low and ruff the winning diamond (as north underruffs) and claim with his ♠KJ10.

You are not getting right track on declarer's low trumps. If he ruffs a heart in hand (low) and draws one round of trumps with a big one in dummy, he has only KJT left for three sure tricks.

Right. Forgot to say that declarer would not take Q♠ before ruffing a ♣.