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Posted Yesterday, 08:49

MP


Your plan to make 6♦ South on a lead of ♣Q?

[experts please use a spoiler at first]
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Posted Yesterday, 09:27

Btw as North I would have rebid 2D


Ruff C

AK S

Did everyone follow?
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Posted Yesterday, 09:39

North nipped to the hospitality table for the second round of bidding.
“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.”
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Posted Yesterday, 10:38

 mike777, on 2026-July-15, 09:27, said:


Ruff C

AK S

Did everyone follow?

Yes, West contributing 32 and East 8T.
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Posted Yesterday, 12:32

 pescetom, on 2026-July-15, 10:38, said:

Yes, West contributing 32 and East 8T.



Low spade towards South if east follows will ruff with the 9
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Posted Yesterday, 13:27

 mike777, on 2026-July-15, 12:32, said:

Low spade towards South if east follows will ruff with the 9


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Posted Yesterday, 13:34

 pescetom, on 2026-July-15, 13:27, said:

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KD. AD, spade
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Posted Yesterday, 15:09

View Postmike777, on 2026-July-15, 13:34, said:

KD. AD, spade


Both follow to diamonds.
East covers spade with Q ruffs spade with Q and returns clubs, you can claim.
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Posted Yesterday, 15:16

 pescetom, on 2026-July-15, 15:09, said:

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Both follow to diamonds.
East covers spade with Q.


East is out of spades
Claim 6


Not a great slam
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Posted Yesterday, 15:41

 pescetom, on 2026-July-15, 15:09, said:

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Both follow to diamonds.
East covers spade with Q.

E already played SQ before when we took the ruff, before pulling trumps from the top
Seems that they will make the DQ when they want
But we were lucky to have both pointed suits 32 despite the auction
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Posted Yesterday, 16:53

I never considered myself quite expert, still I'll use the spoiler:


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Posted Today, 08:42

View PostWasWinM, on 2026-July-15, 16:53, said:

I never considered myself quite expert, still I'll use the spoiler:


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That's an interesting line that would not have occurred to me, thanks.
It makes 12, as you will have gathered.
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Posted Today, 08:53

View Postmike777, on 2026-July-15, 15:16, said:

East is out of spades
Claim 6


Not a great slam


Claim accepted.
It's not that bad a slam, only needs one of the two pointy suits to behave.
This layout is lucky in that both are 3 card in East, as apollo pointed out.
You could actually make an overtrick by picking up ♦Q which was flagged in East by the X.
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Posted Today, 13:07

 pescetom, on 2026-July-16, 08:53, said:

Claim accepted.
It's not that bad a slam, only needs one of the two pointy suits to behave.
This layout is lucky in that both are 3 card in East, as apollo pointed out.
You could actually make an overtrick by picking up ♦Q which was flagged in East by the X.

And indeed no bid by E can be labeled as good bridge after seeing the hand from the other trend.
Xing with a lousy 12 4333 and then bidding 3C is unbelievable. E deserves to find a 4-count 3334 opposite, and S with 5 clubs headed by QJ and go down telephone numbers against a hard to bring back 3NT our way.
OTOH W is probably worth 3C if not 4 after such a start. But I guess they have already seen the garbage their partner Xes on.
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