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3N... can you make it?

#1 User is offline   mikeh 

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Posted 2008-April-07, 10:44

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RHO passes, you open 1NT and LHO bids 2N: a 2-suiter with either pointed or rounded suits. Partner bids 3N and all pass. LHO leads a low heart. The K holds, as RHO pitches the spade 10, suggesting diamonds. You lead a diamond and rho rises with the A while LHO pitches a club. RHO continues a diamond, LHO pitching a heart. You cash the club K and RHO pitches a diamond...yes, rho has 2 voids. The hand is now almost an open book. Your play.

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Posted 2008-April-07, 11:07

short answer, no
I can never do these in my head and I have only a little more success 'at the table' B)
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Posted 2008-April-07, 11:09

This would have been a lot quicker had I run the opening heart lead(!).
So LHO is 2=6=0=5 and RHO 6=0=7=0 (why didn't we start doubling earlier?)

If LHO has the ace of spades we continue with a spade towards the queen, which he must duck. Then a diamond to hand which squeezes him in three suits (a club discard and we have 4 club tricks and can play a heart up for 9, a heart discard and we can play a heart up and eventually throw him in to give us the 9th trick in clubs).

If RHO has the ace of spades what happens after a spade to the queen? He wins and let's say plays a spade back. We win and cash the diamond. LHO is down to AJxx Jxxx and has to discard a heart. We play a heart up, if he rises and exits in hearts a club to hand and a heart endplays him, if he ducks we just play another heart.

But what if RHO wins the spade and plays a diamond back, on which LHO discards a spade? Now we play a heart up at once and LHO is still stuck, whether or not he wins and plays a heart, when we cash the SQ discarding a diamond he is squeezed.

This seems to work unless RHO finds a smooth duck of the queen of spades.
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Posted 2008-April-07, 12:00

FrancesHinden, on Apr 7 2008, 06:09 PM, said:

This seems to work unless RHO finds a smooth duck of the queen of spades.

Of course, if that is the lie he ought to find it, a possible squeeze is obvious. Maybe, in his dreams.

p.s. I take back what I said about doubling, spades obviously plays quite well for them
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