[Phil]

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Its matchpoints and you play in 3N:

1. ♥T, x, T, Q
2. ♦K, A, 6, 3
3. ♠2....

Lets pretend you have a mild brain hemorrhage, forget to count your tricks and try the ♠T. This draws the King and a low heart is returned.

Assuming LHO won't have the ♦A + ♥K + ♣A for the WJO, can you see your way back to nine tricks?

Are there variations?

[Fluffy]

gambit the third diamond round?

[DrMunk]

Phil, on 2013-March-01, 10:38, said:

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Its matchpoints and you play in 3N:

1. ♥T, x, T, Q
2. ♦K, A, 6, 3
3. ♠2....

Lets pretend you have a mild brain hemorrhage, forget to count your tricks and try the ♠T. This draws the King and a low heart is returned.

Assuming LHO won't have the ♦A + ♥K + ♣A for the WJO, can you see your way back to nine tricks?

Are there variations?

I think it is time to check the back of the cards..

[lesh]

Win, cash the diamonds, discarding 2♠ from dummy and hope ♣ are 4-2, playing KJ♣. If LHO turns up with 3♦ then he is probably 3631, cash the ♦ then play low club and hope to have a singleton 6♣ so you can duck it or if RHO hasnt discarded all his spades then play KJ♣ (4225).


If ♦ are 1-4 with RHO then play a 4th one and he is endplayed

[DrMunk]

Fluffy, on 2013-March-01, 11:17, said:

gambit the third diamond round?

Yes, that seems to be the correct solution. It seems like west is:3-6-2-2. If west has only one diamond we endplay east with the forth diamond.

[Phil]

I was also considering the RC implications when LHO drops the ♦T/9 on the 2nd round.

To make this more interesting, I think I'll give declarer the ♣8.

[lesh]

DrMunk, on 2013-March-01, 12:48, said:

Yes, that seems to be the correct solution. It seems like west is:3-6-2-2. If west has only one diamond we endplay east with the forth diamond.

If LHO is 3-6-2-2, no need to gambit your 3rd♦. Just cash all ♦ and play KJ♣. At the end RHO will give you a spade

[lesh]

Phil, on 2013-March-02, 08:29, said:

I was also considering the RC implications when LHO drops the ♦T/9 on the 2nd round.

To make this more interesting, I think I'll give declarer the ♣8.

If declarer has 8♣ in hand and LHO turns to be 3631 then duck the 8♣. If the 8 is in dummy oh well I think RHO has no defence in case clubs are 5-1 when you play small to the 8♣ and cover cheaply LHO card or even 9 or 10 and then duck the return to dummy's 8.

[Free]

Phil, on 2013-March-01, 10:38, said:

1. ♥T, x, T, Q

Change the deck, it has 2 ♥T's

[Phil]

Free, on 2013-March-03, 00:34, said:

Change the deck, it has 2 ♥T's

RHO played the J.