[A2003]

How to find the right line to make this hand at the table?
I got T♦ lead. I tried to pitch ♣ losers in ♦ and went down 1.
I used GIB to make this contract.

[jukmoi]

Not playing double-dummy I think a more normal line is ♠A (club discard) and ♠ruff and 3 rounds of ♦ discarding ♣ from dummy. They will ruff the fourth ♦ round but South will probably lose only 2 trump tricks after that.

[Cyberyeti]

Single dummy, I don't think you're going to make this. A number of promising lines fail due to an overruff in one of the pointy suits. I think in practice you are just going to play on diamonds.

Double dummy I think a small trump off the deck at trick 2 may work well.

[Codo]

I think single dummy you start with ace of spade spade ruff. Now the King of spades makes a surprising appearance.
So you may give rho 3+ trumps, as he has the short spades. If he has three hearts, you can more or less guarantee the contract by playing a heart to the ace and discarding a club on the spade queen. He can ruff, but the trumps left are 1-1, so nothing bad can happen, you lose 2 trumps and a club.
If he has four trumps, you still win as long as rho has a singelton honour.

The other line is a finesse in heart, but without the nine, this line will work less often.

So I guess that you can make the hand single dummy. But this is easy to say after you can see it double dummy.

[Cyberyeti]

Codo, on Apr 28 2010, 01:49 AM, said:

I think single dummy you start with ace of spade spade ruff. Now the King of spades makes a surprising appearance.
So you may give rho 3+ trumps, as he has the short spades. If he has three hearts, you can more or less guarantee the contract by playing a heart to the ace and discarding a club on the spade queen. He can ruff, but the trumps left are 1-1, so nothing bad can happen, you lose 2 trumps and a club.
If he has four trumps, you still win as long as rho has a singelton honour.

The other line is a finesse in heart, but without the nine, this line will work less often.

So I guess that you can make the hand single dummy. But this is easy to say after you can see it double dummy.

Wrong, ruff the QS, club to partner, another spade promotes.

[Codo]

Nice... I tried two play problems this mornings and failed twice.
No surprise for my partner I guess...