[H_KARLUK]

Scoring: IMP

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As previous 40 years ago problem posted on same section seems not solved perhaps people may try this one.

Your 1NT intervened with 2♠ natural single suited by West. Partner bid 3♣. East passed. But when you land into 3NT righty changed his mind and doubled.

♠K led. As followed general principles of unblocking the eight, east contributed with the nine while you ducked.

Now West switched ♥ ten, won in hand. Played a ♦. East won with the K. Played a ♥. So obviously ♠ are 6-1. After winning in the hand did exit with another ♦. West won with his Ace and sent to ♥ Q.

Do you feel you are nearly at home?

[Cyberyeti]

Seems too easy, hidden follows

Spoiler

Presuming I've read this correctly and everybody's followed to everything, LHO has 6 spades, 3 hearts and 2 diamonds, so no more than 2 clubs. Cash the 2 diamond winners and the AC.

The plan is to cash the K♣ and exit by ducking a spade in both hands, but there is one wrinkle. It is just possible that W has decided ♠KQ10xxx, ♥109xx is one suited.

If so, and he follows to only two diamonds and blows on the second club, provided his singleton club was the Q, J or 9, you can endplay his partner in clubs instead.

[pooltuna]

H_KARLUK, on Feb 22 2010, 06:48 AM, said:

Scoring: IMP

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As previous 40 years ago problem posted on same section seems not solved perhaps people may try this one.

Your 1NT intervened with 2♠ natural single suited by West. Partner bid 3♣. East passed. But when you land into 3NT righty changed his mind and doubled.

♠K led. As followed general principles of unblocking the eight, east contributed with the nine while you ducked.

Now West switched ♥ ten, won in hand. Played a ♦. East won with the K. Played a ♥. So obviously ♠ are 6-1. After winning in the hand did exit with another ♦. West won with his Ace and sent to ♥ Q.

Do you feel you are nearly at home?

Yes I feel home. count, count, count!!!

[H_KARLUK]

I think 8 of spades at 1st trick really good. Maybe Cyberyeti would explain what if small spade played.

Scoring: IMP

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[Little Kid]

If the opponent with 6♠s also has 3/4♦s you may have trouble cashing your ♠Ace if he ducks your ♠ to the 8 (if he has any ♦s left he's not endplayed and if he doesn't you have no entry to dummy). That's why you need to unblock the ♠8?

[Cyberyeti]

On the hand given, retaining 8♠ doesn't cost, but gives up the second layout you can succeed on in my solution above. The trouble is that if you lead the 8♠ from dummy at trick 11 and run it, W will duck and you have to give 2 clubs to E.

If you've left the 8♠ on the deck, you have to throw it away on the 4th diamond, play 2 clubs finishing in hand and lead a small spade from hand.