[Fluffy]

LHO Fredin, RHO Fallenius.

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Dummy is a bit (very) disapointing, but anyway, ♠5 is led (3rd&5th) RHO plays ♠3 (udca)

On ♣AK opps will play low high both (udca) LHO plays 4+5, RHO playing 2+9

Later I will try to post some follow ups.

[gnasher]

I think I need clubs 3-3 and ♥Q onside. I can cope with trumps 1=4.

Ruff and run ♥10. If it holds, play three rounds of clubs discarding a diamond. Win the diamond return in hand, ruff another spade, draw trumps with another finesse. Two spade ruffs, four hearts, two diamonds, and four clubs.

If this is the right line for six, it's almost a five-or-seven. In 7♥, I'd arrange to ruff three spades in dummy, playing a heart to the jack at trick two. That would need clubs 3-3, ♥Q onside, and trumps 3-2. But maybe there's a better line in six.

[cherdano]

So am I the only one who saw these thread titles and thought "Hey, isn't Spain's group Spain, Italy, Croatia and Ireland!"?

[gordontd]

cherdano, on 2012-June-15, 06:32, said:

So am I the only one who saw these thread titles and thought "Hey, isn't Spain's group Spain, Italy, Croatia and Ireland!"?

Probably.

[paulg]

cherdano, on 2012-June-15, 06:32, said:

So am I the only one who saw these thread titles and thought "Hey, isn't Spain's group Spain, Italy, Croatia and Ireland!"?

Hopefully nothing will be posted from the Scotland match ... (my second best hand, my third best hand, ....)

[Fluffy]

Andy I think with your line you give up on winning on crossruff if LHO has ♥Q and 4♣

clubs were indeed 3-3 this time, but if my conclusions were right, the heart finese is not really needed.

[Fluffy]

I supose many people know the hand so didn't answer.

The only line that makes with ♣4-2 I think its when LHO has exactly 5-2-2-4 with ♥Q5 or ♥Q6.

IT is also possible to make the contract if LHO has ♥Qxx if he is sleepy, a crossrufff nets 4 spade ruffs in hand but to acomplish that a club must be ruffed in hand with the ace to avoid the overruff, then if LHO fails to underruff on that trick, he later becomes endplayed to play into KJ

I really though from the bidding LHO had ♥Q t made more sense on the bidding and lead, but you can't be ever sure.


What I did was ruff a club in hand with ♥4 (3-3 break in clubs) and a spade in dummy looking to find ♠2 wich might tell me if spades are 6-3 or 5-4

LHO played ♠7 and RHO ♠J, so nothing is known yet, I still didn't discard the endplay line when I came to hand with ♦K and ruffed another spade. This time Fredin decided to play ♠2 finally and ♠K fell on my right. Now spades seemed like 6-3 totally, and I had this position

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Now it really looked like LHO was 6223, so there is a nice play that covers ♥Q lieing on whatever hand, just play ♥AK and if ♥Q doesn't fall play last trump for East to win. He has nothing but diamonds left, so dummy takes the last 3 tricks.

Comparing this with gnasher's line with covers trumps 1-4 on all spade lie outs maybe I missplayed but its close.

[JLOGIC]

Who had the HQ?

[paulg]

JLOGIC, on 2012-June-17, 12:01, said:

Who had the HQ?

It was onside.