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Declarer play problem

#1 User is offline   CSGibson 

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Posted 2010-October-11, 02:19

Scoring: IMP

1♦-(p)-1♥-(4♠),
5♣-(p)-5♦ All Pass


Lead is the 7 of spades, ducked to the T and ruffed. On the ace of diamonds, LHO plays the 7 and RHO plays the K.

This is the semi-final of a bracket 1 knockout, the opponents appear to be competent.
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Posted 2010-October-11, 03:08

Assuming 7-8 ♠ cards on my right, the ♦ to be 3-1, you have 2 inescapable trump loser.
Accordingly you can not afford another ♥ loser and must try to strip LHO of his black cards before throwing him in with a trump.
Play ♣AK and ruff a ♣.
If RHO follows to three round of ♣s (unlikely) cash the ♠A before ruffing another ♠. If ♣s are not high, ruff another ♣ before end-playing LHO with the last trump from dummy.
IF RHO shows out on the third ♣ ruff a ♠ and another ♣ before cashing the ♠A for a ♥ discard. If LHO refuses to ruff, throw him in with dummy's last trump.

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