[Flame]

This is a nice double dummy.
If you get it right, you will know, so maybe you better not kill it for others too early.
You are in 6♥ and west leads a diamond.

you play 6♥
West lead A♦

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[inquiry]

When EAST shows out on the first diamond, this is double dummy without showing the hands I think....

Ben

[Fluffy]

SadlyI knew this one from long ago, here is a small variant, but this time is defence:

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The contract is 6NT, defeat the contract after a ♦K lead.

[inquiry]

Win Diamond ACE,

Cash AQJ of clubs, throwing diamonds from dummy, and a club to EAST..

If he leads spade jack, win in dummy, come back to spade Ten.. if he leads low spade, win Ten... if he leads heart, claim...

Can the defense really hold the day?

Ben

[Flame]

inquiry, on Oct 5 2004, 12:43 PM, said:

Win Diamond ACE,

Cash AQJ of clubs, throwing diamonds from dummy, and a club to EAST..

If he leads spade jack, win in dummy, come back to spade Ten.. if he leads low spade, win Ten... if he leads heart, claim...

Can the defense really hold the day?

Ben

Maybe the positon of the A and K of club should be reversed.

[luke warm]

doesn't matter.. toss the ♣A on a heart then lead clubs for the endplay

[Fluffy]

I am so sorry, I made a mistake on the hadn, this is teh real problem:

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[Fluffy]

If you are talking about first deal Jimmy I think you are wrong, it is doble dummy for all players, east won´t be endplayed with ♣J, more likelly west will cash 4♦ tricks.

[Flame]

Fluffy, on Oct 6 2004, 05:48 AM, said:

If you are talking about first deal Jimmy I think you are wrong,  it is doble dummy for all players, east won´t be endplayed with ♣J, more likelly west will cash 4♦ tricks.

Are you sure we dont have the 9 of club ? my brain is smoking.
Well i dont think it can be made if east play heart on the first round.

[flytoox]

Fluffy, on Oct 6 2004, 10:36 AM, said:

I am so sorry, I made a mistake on the hadn, this is teh real problem:

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Keep S2. Declarer is helpless.

[Fluffy]

Flame, on Oct 6 2004, 10:56 AM, said:

Fluffy, on Oct 6 2004, 05:48 AM, said:

If you are talking about first deal Jimmy I think you are wrong,  it is doble dummy for all players, east won´t be endplayed with ♣J, more likelly west will cash 4♦ tricks.

Are you sure we dont have the 9 of club ? my brain is smoking.
Well i dont think it can be made if east play heart on the first round.

This surprises me so much, since a ♥ discard leads to exactly the same problem you posted with the same solution for declarer.

[Flame]

[Fluffy]

lol, I see

[luke warm]

Fluffy, on Oct 6 2004, 12:48 PM, said:

If you are talking about first deal Jimmy I think you are wrong,  it is doble dummy for all players, east won´t be endplayed with ♣J, more likelly west will cash 4♦ tricks.

i must have a blind spot fluffy... either east or west will be endplayed, and south still has 2 trumps to handle diamonds... what am i missing (talking about the hand where i toss the ♣A on a heart

and on the real hand, man i must be too tired to understand the problem... either east ruffs the diamond or he doesn't... if he does, go to A, K of clubs on board and lead spades... if he discards it looks like you can play the same line

i admit i don't understand fly's post, keep ♠2 when, where?

[Flame]

luke warm, on Oct 6 2004, 06:39 PM, said:

and on the real hand, man i must be too tired to understand the problem... either east ruffs the diamond or he doesn't... if he does, go to A, K of clubs on board and lead spades... if he discards it looks like you can play the same line

There are usually no ruffs in NT contrcts.

[luke warm]

ahhhh yes, i was in 6H per the first hand... anyway, i still can't see how an endplay on that hand fails

[xx1943]

Hi
I'm a bit confused and not sure, who is talking about which hand.
I have seen no solution for the original 6♥ (or did I overlook something?) and I'm very interested, because I can't solve.
Al

[Fluffy]

well jimmy, you have only 5 trumps
oppponents have 4
so after first tricks you have the same
and have to draw trumps, after that you are virtually playing NT

[luke warm]

Fluffy, on Oct 7 2004, 02:01 PM, said:

well jimmy, you have only 5 trumps
oppponents have 4
so after first tricks you have the same
and have to draw trumps, after that you are virtually playing NT

i'm lost... i count 6 trumps in hand with the ♣A on the board... trump the first diamond, play ♥A throwing ♣A, play K, Q♣ (leaving 3) and another, throwing west in (east unblocked the J)... seems to work to me

[Fluffy]

AKQJ10 is just 5, count agiain, it is 6 characters but only 5 cards

AKQJT if you prefer