[thepossum]

An unlikely (for me) slam bid in a bot tourney (MPs)
Sadly I didn't find the play

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I appreciate it was a very questionnable slam, questionnably bid so please be kind

Sorry King of diamonds was led

I played perfectly(?) until the last 5 or so cards

I will give an initial clue - you have to lose to the Queen of spades - at least I did and couldn't find the extra necessary trick

If anyone spots the play and it is not beginner level please be kind - I am curious what it is called - there may of course be multiple ways to play it

By way of reassurance the one player who bid and made 100% was an Expert - and also gave up one trick to the Queen

[Cyberyeti]

Ruff the ♦K, ♣AK do they stand up ? If so, what happens when I play the Q ?

[LBengtsson]

Yes, a interesting hand to post. I know how I would play it but not sure it is the right way either. Will have another look later in the day.

[Tramticket]

Do you play a 1H overcall as forcing?

[pescetom]

Tramticket, on 2023-April-01, 05:55, said:

Do you play a 1H overcall as forcing?

OP asked us to be kind about the bidding

I will be too, although I'm no fan of 1♥ or 4NT and I don't understand why we were not interested in ♥K even after denial of ♠Q.

[pescetom]

It's late and I am probably missing something after a hard day, but it looks to me as if the key to the hand is that the only trump you can lose is the Q and that East is likely 1=4=3=5 or close.
So just play your game and overruff West when necessary or discard when he ruffs with Q.
Start A♣, K♣, 5♣ ruffed, T♦ ruffed, Q♣, ♥A, ♥ ruff, ♦ ruff u.s.w.

[thepossum]

Sorry trying to check peoples questions

The AKQ of clubs will all play ok
Jack still out there. I guess each point could matter

I didn't think about asking for Kings

Sorry 1 heart is just a regular non forcing overall I couldn't see another bid

And 1 spade promised 5 spades as you would hope

[thepossum]

To me I thought there was an obvious play and finesse but I found it harder than that. And I missed a likely very obvious play

[thepossum]

I will post it soon

Oh. A beginner's hand

I still enjoyed bidding it

Trying to answer all the polite questions:)

[Cyberyeti]

thepossum, on 2023-April-01, 16:55, said:

Sorry trying to check peoples questions

The AKQ of clubs will all play ok

I didn't think about asking for Kings

Sorry 1 heart is just a regular non forcing overall I couldn't see another bid

And 1 spade promised 5 spades as you would hope

If it's a bot tourney, can you trust opps carding ? if so who do you think has 4 clubs ? E appears to be 3334 or 3433, the key is to ruff whichever suit he has a 4th card in so pitch a diamond on the second club, a heart on the third, ace of hearts and ruff a heart low, ruff a diamond, ruff a heart, ruff a diamond (unless AK came down doubleton which I suppose could happen) and now you just have to choose whether to ruff a heart or a club. Actually if the ruff of the third heart stood up, you know the heart break.

[thepossum]

Here it is

This was the top who was the only player to bid and make

I missed the obvious combination of a squeeze with the finesses and Queen of diamonds at the end. Simple when I saw it

Actually this player played it differently. I needed the squeeze finesse at the end

Others managed 12 tricks too - I discarded badly on the last club instead of ruffing and playing back from North - maybe playing upside down doesn't help - silly mistake all the same

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[thepossum]

Just by way of curiosity

With the Queen or King of hearts would anyone have considered grand

I thought, I am missing the Queen but it could still make 6 - you know where all the cards are