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#1 User is offline   karlson 

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Posted 2011-May-05, 05:07



1♣ could have been a doubleton, 2♣ was majors and 2N was minors.

The defense starts with ♥A,♥K,♥T, righty following once then pitching a diamond and a spade.

You start diamonds, and lefty plays the ♦K, and a small diamond to righty's ♦A, who plays a third diamond, lefty pitching a club.
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Posted 2011-May-05, 06:36

Seems like west is squeezed from Qxxx AKT Kx Axxx holding after 4th diamond pitching a club. Defense helping and not removing our spade entries we can actually pull this off.
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Posted 2011-May-05, 19:52

After winning 4th diamond, West must come down to Qxxx -- -- Ax or Qxx -- -- Axx whence we may either ruff 2 clubs or a spade to establish our ninth trick in the unguarded black suit.
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Posted 2011-May-06, 05:25

Yeah, text-book type 2 ruffing squeeze.
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Posted 2011-May-08, 08:50

Perhaps everyone saying confidently that it is a textbook hand would care to explain how they know whether LHO's original hand was

Qxxx
AK10
Kx
Axxx

or

Qxx
AK10
Kx
Axxxx

(plus a possible second club honour in either case)

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Posted 2011-May-08, 10:38

East is known to have 1 heart and 4 diamonds. Wouldn't he double with 4144 shape rather than bid 2N showing the minors?
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Posted 2011-May-08, 11:13

Whether east would double or bid 2S with 4-1-4-4 shape I don't know, but not 2NT.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2011-May-08, 11:39

View Postkarlson, on 2011-May-05, 05:07, said:


1♣ could have been a doubleton, 2♣ was majors and 2N was minors.
The defense starts with ♥A,♥K,♥T, righty following once then pitching a diamond and a spade.
You start diamonds, and lefty plays the ♦K, and a small diamond to righty's ♦A, who plays a third diamond, lefty pitching a club.
It is a cute problem, Karlson :) Thanks :)
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Posted 2011-May-08, 11:58

View Posty66, on 2011-May-08, 10:38, said:

East is known to have 1 heart and 4 diamonds. Wouldn't he double with 4144 shape rather than bid 2N showing the minors?


(i) that depends what double means. If it is penalties he would not double either way.
(ii) Who said 2NT showed the minors? Personally I play it as natural here (and it wasn't alerted). Perhaps we should have asked?
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Posted 2011-May-08, 12:09

View PostFrancesHinden, on 2011-May-08, 11:58, said:

Who said 2NT showed the minors?

The original poster. :)
... that would still not be conclusive proof, before someone wants to explain that to me as well as if I was a 5 year-old. - gwnn
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Posted 2011-May-09, 14:50

Good point, I missed that when it didn't have a yellow highlight.
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