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A "simple" Contract My partner did it to me again!!!

#1 User is offline   TheoKole 

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Posted 2008-January-22, 01:44

Scoring: MP


1 NT -> 2 ♣ -> 2 ♥ -> 3 NT -> 4 ♠ -> 5 ♥ !!! -> all pass

Lead J ♦

This is a hand I played in a local club tournament to celebrate the new year.
I opened 1 NT and my partner wanted to play 3 NT despite the heart fit in order to go for a top on the board. However he was worried about his spade holding so he psyched having 4 spades with his bidding. ;)

However his luck wasn't good with me having both majors :) and he had to correct 4 ♠ to 5 ♥. As you can see there really is no problem with a spade lead in 3 NT.

In any case you are left to play in 5 hearts with 2 sure club losers and at least 1 trump loser. Plan your play. :)

Let me add that the opps are good and will split their honors (if the QJ are together) if you play a heart from either hand.

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This post has been edited by TheoKole: 2008-January-22, 02:32

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Posted 2008-January-22, 04:00

May I digress and ask you experts out there whether this is 'fielding' a psych? If 5!H makes is there a chance of redress?
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Posted 2008-January-22, 04:26

No its not fielding a psyche as 5H makes no sense after the sign off.
Hmm, another devilish problem to quote Phil.
"The King of Hearts a broadsword bears, the Queen of Hearts a rose." W. H. Auden.
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Posted 2008-January-22, 05:13

well, pard did give you the chance of making a bulletin entry, so you should thank him ^^
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Posted 2008-January-22, 07:50

i am not quite sure this one will work on this particular hand, but i think it is called the Devil's Coup. You need trump honors split, suits to behave and u have to determine who has 3 trump and who has 2. You cash all your side suit winners and trump to shorten yourself and come down to this:
When you lead the ♠10, if West trumps low, you overruff with the ♥10 and win the last two tricks with ♥AK. If West trumps with the ♥J, you overruff with the ♥K and finesse East for the other trump honor.

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Posted 2008-January-22, 09:25

<silliness deleted>
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Posted 2008-January-22, 09:53

Your partners bidding is correct.

If RHO has 4 spades and LHO has 4 clubs, I really don't see the problem. Count your tricks:

2 high spades and two spade ruffs
2 high hearts
3 diamonds
1 club and a club ruff

for a total of 11.

Simple indeed ;)
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Posted 2008-January-22, 16:45

You guys got it right, not that I had any doubt.

Sorry to blow my own horn, but I was kind of proud that I was able to recognize and execute this hand. :D . Not that I would have tried it if I was in the normal 4 heart contract by the way.

Thanks for the replies.

Theo
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