[frank0]

♠

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Same opp and partner in previous two post
Lead was ♠J north won it and return a trump. Even though ♣Kx was on I didn't have entry/trump control to ruff both ♠ and unblock ♣Q before drawing all trumps.

1. Was my analyze on declare play correct?
2. If it's impossible to make 5♥ even double dummy then comment on bidding.

[nigel_k]

You can win the trump return in dummy and ruff a spade. Then take the club finesse and ruff another spade. Cash your last trump, lead a club to the ace and draw a third round of trumps. Then unblock clubs, concede a diamond and claim.

But I don't like the 5♥ bid and would probably have doubled instead.

[rogerclee]

I won't really comment on the bidding, other than that you should be wary about bidding 5/4 with an 8 card trump fit, especially with no particularly redeeming features of your hand. That said, your analysis of the hand was inaccurate:

Play a heart. If south covers, win in dummy, ruff a spade high, club to the jack, ruff a spade high, heart to dummy and claim.

If south doesn't cover, ruff a spade, club to dummy, ruff a spade, high heart, club to dummy, draw the last trump and claim.

If the defense shifts to either black suit instead of a trump, the result is obviously the same. They must force dummy with a diamond ruff to beat you, because then the clubs are tangled.

(Edit: Originally thought you needed to play the ten of hearts, but you don't.)

[frank0]

I missed an easy play

[cloa513]

frank0, on 2011-October-06, 01:01, said:

♠

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Same opp and partner in previous two post
Lead was ♠J north won it and return a trump. Even though ♣Kx was on I didn't have entry/trump control to ruff both ♠ and unblock ♣Q before drawing all trumps.

1. Was my analyze on declare play correct?
2. If it's impossible to make 5♥ even double dummy then comment on bidding.

Partner's opening of 1♣ was pretty marginal to say the best but he did give you reasonable warning with only a raise to 2♥.

[cloa513]

nigel_k, on 2011-October-06, 01:48, said:

You can win the trump return in dummy and ruff a spade. Then take the club finesse and ruff another spade. Cash your last trump, lead a club to the ace and draw a third round of trumps. Then unblock clubs, concede a diamond and claim.

But I don't like the 5♥ bid and would probably have doubled instead.

4 ♠ makes with slight different hands. Give North the Kx ♣ and South the AQJ8♦ and assuming West leads to AK♥, then South can guess to drop the K♦ otherwise West doesn't have nominal opening hand.