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#1 User is offline   Trumpace 

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Posted 2011-April-13, 22:16

LHO opens 1H and you reach 4S as South (so North is dummy and LHO is West).

LHO leads a trump (RHO following) and you see



Plan the play.

Adv/+, please refrain from spoiling too quickly.

Also, this is probably a well known theme hand, so if you find a reference, please add it.
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Posted 2011-April-14, 07:48

I have 9 tricks and don't see how to play this for the 10th trick.
West has all the points so I can't hook the ♦ or ♥.
Draw trump, cash ♣'s and exit with 8♦?
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Posted 2011-April-14, 08:18

View Postjillybean, on 2011-April-14, 07:48, said:

I have 9 tricks and don't see how to play this for the 10th trick.
West has all the points so I can't hook the ♦ or ♥.
Draw trump, cash ♣'s and exit with 8♦?


RHO wins and plays the Heart Ten.
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Posted 2011-April-14, 14:17

I draw trumps, play 3 rounds of ♣ and play a small heart to the king, playing low if E puts down a low heart, W takes the trick and can't play a small heart back and neither the ace as well.... problem only if E hops up with the ♥T, ....

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Posted 2011-April-14, 14:28

Spoiler

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Posted 2011-April-14, 14:42

You can do a little better.
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Posted 2011-April-14, 15:09

Assuming LHO has HA and DK, there is a guaranteed 100% play (i.e., if I haven't missed anything).
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Posted 2011-April-14, 18:34

Hint:
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Videos of the worst bridge player ever playing bridge:
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Posted 2011-April-14, 19:52

View Postkuhchung, on 2011-April-14, 18:34, said:

Hint:
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Yes :)
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Posted 2011-April-15, 00:11

Draw trumps (keeping 2♠), draw three rounds of clubs ending in dummy, lead a diamond. If RHO plays something lower than 8, cover with the 8 and we're okay. (will get either an extra diamond winner or the K♥). If he plays 9-j♦, play the ace. Lead the 2♠ to be back in dummy, lead a diamond. If RHO plays higher than 8♦, play the queen. Otherwise, play the 8. In any case, LHO wins and can't give RHO the lead with diamonds, so he has to cash 2 diamonds and his A of hearts, so our K hearts wins.
The only way I see for this to fail is if RHO has exactly JT9♦. Is it impossible that LHO opened with a 12-count?
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Posted 2011-April-15, 02:22

Funny how such a simple hand caused so many problems. ♦8 even distracted Ken ;)
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Posted 2011-April-15, 06:00

LOL!!! Duh....
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Posted 2011-April-15, 08:41

Thank you, Trumpace. Good problem.
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Posted 2011-April-15, 08:46

Strangely, however, it seems that the crazy 8 lure is only a lure contextually. It seems that without the inference from the opening bid, the line we suckers eventually fell into would be the best line.
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Posted 2011-April-15, 09:28

gah i am so bad at this game

wp, good problem
"I think maybe so and so was caught cheating but maybe I don't have the names right". Sure, and I think maybe your mother .... Oh yeah, that was someone else maybe. -- kenberg

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Posted 2011-April-15, 10:36

Flameous has it! Pio almost had it, and I am pretty sure kuhchung was thinking the same thing.
Glad you guys enjoyed this hand as much as I did.
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Posted 2011-April-18, 07:38

Nice problem. Thanks for sharing it.
Still decidedly intermediate - don't take my guesses as authoritative.

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rule number 1 in efficient forum reading:
hanp does not always mean literally what he writes.
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Posted 2011-April-18, 15:07

View Postvuroth, on 2011-April-18, 07:38, said:

Nice problem. Thanks for sharing it.


Thanks, glad you liked it :)
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