[Phil]

1♦ - 1♥
2N - 4♥

Opening lead - low club. Plan the play.

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[pooltuna]

gut reaction is

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A♣
K♥
x♦ hoping RHO is sleepy enough to play the A
failing that
A♥
Q♥
x♠ to the T planning on playing the A♠ hoping to catch any HH or LHO with Hx

EDIT: oops missed need to hide text

[vuroth]

My thought is to

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ruff out 3 diamonds, hoping to drop the ace, or maybe have an honour fall. K♥ is my first entry, I'll cash the AQ♥ after the second diamond ruff (can't see a reason not to just take them from the top). If all that fails, spade to the ten, covering. If I win, I'll return the ten. If not, next time I can play spades I'll play the ace, hoping an honour drops.

[Phil]

vuroth, on Sep 14 2010, 08:31 AM, said:

My thought is to

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ruff out 3 diamonds, hoping to drop the ace, or maybe have an honour fall. K♥ is my first entry, I'll cash the AQ♥ after the second diamond ruff (can't see a reason not to just take them from the top). If all that fails, spade to the ten, covering. If I win, I'll return the ten. If not, next time I can play spades I'll play the ace, hoping an honour drops.

All you need are 4-3 clubs to have a claim:

1. ♣Q
2. ♦ ruff
3. ♣A
4. 2nd ♦ruff
5. ♣K
6. ♠A
7. 3rd♦ruff

Scoring 6♥, 3♣, 1♠.

At the table, hearts were 3-3, but the ♦A came down in 3 rounds, so you make 7.

[vuroth]

I'm confused. If ♦s, are 5-2, there's no claim. I'm also confused as to the value of cashing the K♣ before drawing trump.

Making 7 is less important to me than having a sensible line. Sometimes I play badly and score well - doesn't make me happy.

[Phil]

True, claim is an overbid.

[JLOGIC]

Since knowing whether clubs are 4-3 or 5-2 is so vital or not, and since they led a club at trick 1 which is the trick they will never be falsecarding, it would have been helpful if you provided some info other than "they lead a low club." If they led the C2 and play 4th best, then we could play as you advise If they led the C2 and played 3/5th that would look pretty ominous, but if they led the 3rd lowest spot playing 3/5th that would look pretty good, the 2nd lowest spot if they play 4th best is scary etc etc.

[Phil]

JLOGIC, on Sep 14 2010, 01:17 PM, said:

Since knowing whether clubs are 4-3 or 5-2 is so vital or not, and since they led a club at trick 1 which is the trick they will never be falsecarding, it would have been helpful if you provided some info other than "they lead a low club." If they led the C2 and play 4th best, then we could play as you advise If they led the C2 and played 3/5th that would look pretty ominous, but if they led the 3rd lowest spot playing 3/5th that would look pretty good, the 2nd lowest spot if they play 4th best is scary etc etc.

Agree - it wasn't the 2, maybe the 4 or 5.

I really wanted to show an elopement theme in the B/I, and looking back it might not even be the best technical line.