[lxt08]

hi all

I BBO ID lxt08

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lead H2 H7 DQ H3

How to make?

[madongjun]

Need west had spade King,and 3523 or 3514 style.
you can win 3 spade,3 club,and 6 heart.

[Fluffy]

madongjun, on 2013-July-17, 03:39, said:

Need west had spade King,and 3523 or 3514 style.
you can win 3 spade,3 club,and 6 heart.

winning ♥5 requires west with 4 clubs

[CamHenry]

Fluffy, on 2013-July-17, 06:49, said:

winning ♥5 requires west with 4 clubs

Yes, but you can take your ♣ ruffs with the ♥T and ♥A, playing the ♥5 under an honour. Your ♥ tricks are 7 (trick 1), KQJ (later), and AT (to ruff ♣). All you need is for W to follow to the ♣AKQ.

If W has Kxxx of spades, this also works.

Win the lead with the 7
♣ to A
♠ finesse
♣ ruff low (requires W to have two ♣)
run the ♠Q

At this stage you know whether spades were 4-1 or not: if they were, take the ♠A, cash a high ♣ throwing a ♦. If this holds, you have:

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You can score 5 more tricks on a high cross-ruff (and just lose a ♦ at the end).

If spades were 3-2, you need W to have 3 (otherwise he ruffs and plays a ♦). Here, you clear ♠, breathe a sigh of relief if you're not down, play ♣K ditching a ♦. You've got the same position as above, and once again you can cross-ruff high.

Both of these lines come to 7 trumps, 3 spades, two ♣. They rely on the ♠K onside (to 3 or 4 cards) and W having at least 3 clubs. If W has the singleton ♠K, you know about it early (good news) and can probably play him for ♣ length, so you cash ♣ winners then drop the ♦K on the established ♣. This makes when W is 1=5=3=4, with the ♠K, as you can strip him of black cards then cross-ruff high.