[pilowsky]

This hand came up in a Daylong from yesterday.
West leads the ♠K.
How does South make 9 tricks?

It was played by 11 people - in 3+ hearts - nobody made it.
5 made 3H-1 and the other 6 did less well.

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Here's the complete hand

Spoiler

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[Cyberyeti]

The spoiler just gives me complete garbage.

[pilowsky]

 Cyberyeti, on 2021-August-15, 01:42, said:

The spoiler just gives me complete garbage.

Fixed My Post - sorry.

[AL78]

Ok so you can make it when the defence kindly open up the heart suit for you saving you a guess as to how to play it for only one loser.

[LBengtsson]

not looked at spoiler. I would take ♠A, ♦to K in dummy, play ♣Q. that sets up crossruff and trump reduction play. I assume one opponent wins ♣ and then they take 2♠ tricks. I think the opps now need to switch to trumps. that will help though they will win ♥A and play another ♥. various chances that ♦q is a treble, or you can set up ♣ in dummy for losing ♦ discard in your own hand.

[nige1]

Pilowsky 'This hand came up in a Daylong from yesterday. West leads the ♠K. How does South make 9 tricks? It was played by 11 people - in 3+ hearts - nobody made it.5 made 3H-1 and the other 6 did less well.'
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Take 2nd ♠ lead with ♠A. Lead a ♣. And guess well.

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[Cyberyeti]

 AL78, on 2021-August-15, 04:03, said:

Ok so you can make it when the defence kindly open up the heart suit for you saving you a guess as to how to play it for only one loser.

Actually no you can't after winning the first spade, providing E plays the right heart.

The way to make it is to win the SECOND spade and play a club immediately, now W has to expose his partner's K to a ruffing finesse or can't cash the third spade, and you have an extra entry to dummy to lead clubs.

[bgm]

That is a quite interested and delicate hand.

Declarer has a dual threat - cross-ruffing or establishing ♣.

Even if declarer win the first ♠ and play ♣, after E win,
he need to cash the ♥A, 2 ♠, and play the second ♥ through dummy's ♥9

This ensure declarer cannot ruff ♦ twice, nor having the 3rd entry to establish ♣
E cannot profitably attack the second round ♥ which gives declarer the 3rd entry

[Winstonm]

What kind of hand would west have to pass then fail to make a weak jump overcall but still bid twice with a spade suit headed by the KQ(J)?

I win the spade and return a spade. I want east to find discards before knowing much about my hand.

PS: I originally decided the opps must play some type of KS with super solid openers and no weak two bids so guessed that west held:
KQJxxx, J, xxx, Kxx

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This post has been edited by Winstonm: 2021-August-15, 09:11