First a hand from the pairs event, at favourable vulnerability. Right-hand opponent opens 1 and you overcall 2 on:
South (You)
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K 6
A J 8 2
A J 10 7 6 5 4
LHO bids a generous 2 giving partner chance to bid 3. The auction proceeds 3–4–4–Pass–Pass–5–Double–All Pass.
West leads the spade Ace which you ruff with table providing:
North (Dummy)
10 6
A 10 4 3 2
10 9 6
8 3 2
You lay down the club Ace, West dropping the King and East the nine.
How do you continue?
(East turns up with a second club)
Start with K hearts, heart to the A, heart to the J clubs - the bidding suggests that hearts can well be 3-3, which would end our problems.
ReplyDeleteThis works if hearts are 3-3 but if they're not then aren't you in trouble as you'll have to exit in diamonds and then lose another diamond later?
ReplyDeleteI was thinking the best line is to take 2 hearts then ruff the spade before exiting to the club queen. If it's in the 2D bidder's hand then if hearts are 3=3 or they have both diamond honours you're home.
On the hand the club queen turned up in East's hand. They played a diamond through but a spade ruff and discard allows a diamond pitch from table followed by a ruffing finesse in diamonds with the J8 in hand.