[Walddk]

helene_t, on Jul 16 2005, 02:03 PM, said:

I would be surprised if 3NT was defeated.

Me too, and you wouldn't defeat it the way you defended.

Roland

[luke warm]

nah, east

Spoiler

ducks the opening heart lead then tosses a club and 3 spades on the run of the diamonds... west comes in with the spade ace and leads his last heart

[beatrix45]

It can be beat, but the key play only works if you practically know declarer's distribution at trick one. I can't imagine an auction that suggests that. Other lines of play will surely look like the percentage way to go. By the way, how do I do hidden text?

[luke warm]

i disagree that you have to know declarer's dist.. a look at dummy is enough to clue you in, i think.. on the hidden text, click the "hidden" button above, type, click it again

[Walddk]

luke warm, on Jul 16 2005, 06:24 PM, said:

i disagree that you have to know declarer's dist.. a look at dummy is enough to clue you in, i think

Your solution to the double dummy defence is not correct, Jimmy. Just goes to show how difficult it can be even with all 52 cards in view. Virtually impossible to find at the table.

Roland

[Blofeld]

That sounds like a good reason to be in 3NT, Roland.

(I haven't found the correct defence yet)

[luke warm]

Walddk, on Jul 16 2005, 11:38 AM, said:

Your solution to the double dummy defence is not correct, Jimmy. Just goes to show how difficult it can be even with all 52 cards in view. Virtually impossible to find at the table.

Roland

well obviously i believe you, but it sure looks right heheh... ok, time out i'll look again

ok, i see south can exit a heart on my line and i have no spades left (should have peeked at helene's)... so win the

Spoiler

heart, lead a spade to the ace.. partner returns a heart, ducked to declarer.. now when he runs diamonds i can toss 2 spades, a club and a heart.. he has ♣AQT9 and i have ♥JT and ♣KJ.. i have 2 tricks with 3 to come... i can't even imagine setting 3nt

i think

[jillybean]

X

[fred]

Nice hand! Do you see how you can make 3NT if dummy has the Jack of clubs instead of a small club?

Fred Gitelman
Bridge Base Inc.
www.bridgebase.com

[Walddk]

fred, on Jul 16 2005, 07:47 PM, said:

Nice hand! Do you see how you can make 3NT if dummy has the Jack of clubs instead of a small club?

Fred Gitelman
Bridge Base Inc.
www.bridgebase.com

Yes

Spoiler

West's diamonds are too good! He will serve as a stepping stone to dummy and the club finesse if they defend like they must on the actual layout. Heart to the ace, spade to the ace and a heart exit. Now 2 top diamonds and a *low* diamond to West.

Roland

[Walddk]

Blofeld, on Jul 16 2005, 01:27 PM, said:

Scoring: IMP

The full hand (rotated for ease)

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The double dummy defence against 3NT is:

Trick 1: ♥9 or 7 to East's ace.
Trick 2: Spade to West's ace.
Trick 3: Heart to declarer's king.

Now South is endplayed. If East pitches correctly when declarer runs his diamonds, the defence must come to 5 tricks. In the 4-card ending, declarer will have ♣AQ109, East ♥J10 and ♣KJ.

If East ducks at trick one, he is the one who will get endplayed after all the diamonds are cashed. In order to keep his heart winners and clubs guarded, he must throw his three spades, and then declarer has no spade loser.

He exits with ♥K. East can cash his four heart winners but must then lead away from ♣KJ into South's tenace.

I predict that no human will find the correct defence at the table, so one can understand that Blofeld made his contract. Maybe he will reveal which defence he actually got. Heart ducked at trick 1 followed by the endplay of East?

Roland

[Blofeld]

Actually I had a spade lead (!)

This ran to East's queen (should I have risen with the J or the K? I thought it unlikely that West had the A), and I won the small heart return, ran my diamonds, and exited with a heart. the club return gave me my 9th trick.

[beatrix45]

fred, on Jul 16 2005, 10:47 AM, said:

Nice hand! Do you see how you can make 3NT if dummy has the Jack of clubs instead of a small club?

Fred Gitelman
Bridge Base Inc.
www.bridgebase.com

Yes.

Spoiler

Ooooh, what a good hand. When LHO throws you in at trick three, you have to cash two high diamonds. THEN throw LHO in the lead with a small diamond. The endplay either gets you to the dummy - a spade exit, or rolls up the club suit - play club jack from the table.