[dburn]

You, South, open 1♥ and West overcalls 2♥, spades and a minor. North bids 3♣, natural and forcing, East passes, you bid 3♦ and your side then reaches 6♥ (apologies for not knowing how the rest of the auction went). The lead is ♠7. Plan the play [a] at IMPs and [b] at board-a-match, assuming in both cases a competent NS and EW pair at the other table.

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[nige1]

dburn, on Jul 10 2008, 09:43 PM, said:

You, South, open 1♥ and West overcalls 2♥, spades and a minor. North bids 3♣, natural and forcing, East passes, you bid 3♦ and your side then reaches 6♥ (apologies for not knowing how the rest of the auction went). The lead is ♠7. Plan the play [a] at IMPs and [b] at board-a-match, assuming in both cases a competent NS and EW pair at the other table.

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My guess ♠A, ♣KQ,

• If LHO ruffs, and returns a ♠, then ♠K, Run ♥J unblocking ♥6 (LHO must follow low); ♣A, ♣ ruff, ♥A, ♥Q, claim
  
• If LHO follows to ♣KQ, then ♠K, run ♥J unblocking ♥6
  
• If RHO follows to ♥J and LHO shows out, then ♣A, ♣s using ♣ as surrogate trumps.
  
• e.g. If RHO ruffs the 4th ♣. then over-ruff, Lead ♦AT, and ruff LHO's exit with ♥Q.
  
• If LHO follows to ♥J then ♣A. ♣s as above.

Googling produced the following amusing verses and I hope David will explain their relevance.

I sometimes think I'd rather crow
and be a rooster than to roost
and be a crow. But I dunno.

A rooster he can roost also,
which don't seem fair when crows can't crow.
Which may help some. Still I dunno.

Crows should be glad of one thing, though;
nobody thinks of eating crow,
while roosters they are good enough
for anyone unless they're tough.

There's lots of tough old roosters though
and anyway a crow can't crow,
so mebbe roosters stand more show.
It looks that way. But I dunno.
-- Anonymous