[pilowsky]

13 people made 3NT+1 for 430 and 70%. I found 4♥-2 but it is makeable with a nice (imo) ending.
Here's the hand.

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Here's the moment where it's makeable but I stuffed it up.
South to play and make 4 more tricks.

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Edit - yes 5

[PeterAlan]

♥Q, ♦Q overtaken, ♠K, ♦ and you'll make 5 tricks rather than 4.

[Cyberyeti]

PeterAlan, on 2020-August-06, 03:52, said:

♥Q, ♦Q overtaken, ♠K, ♦ and you'll make 5 tricks rather than 4.

As the cards lie, but potentially embarrassing (give one hand ♦Jx and the 3 spades). Basically anything where you retain the club ace after cashing Q♥ and playing Q♦ will do for 4 tricks as the cards lie, you can allow the Q♦ to hold and exit a small club

[nige1]

Please ignore: see Peter Alan's post below

Pilowsky "13 people made 3NT+1 for 430 and 70%. I found 4♥-2 but it is makeable with a nice (imo) ending. Here's the hand."
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Thank you, Pilowski Death defying 1st round ♥ finesse

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Pilowsky "South to play and make 4 more tricks. Here's the moment where it's makeable but I stuffed it up."
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Five tricks, you mean. Interesting ending Difficult to get right
Declarer cashes ♥Q and overtakes ♦Q with dummy's ♦K, squeezing East ...
A. If East retains more than 1 ♠, then North exits in ♦, immediately, end-playing West:
to give the remaining tricks to North or South.
B. If East keeps only 1 ♠, then North cashes ♠A, before end-playing West in ♦s.

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This post has been edited by nige1: 2020-August-06, 06:13

[PeterAlan]

Cyberyeti, on 2020-August-06, 04:17, said:

As the cards lie, but potentially embarrassing (give one hand ♦Jx and the 3 spades).

I confess that I just gave a quick response to the double-dummy position, but I think you can always guarantee 4 tricks after W follows to ♦Q and you overtake.

If E has followed to this ♦ (leaving the possibility that it retains ♦J) then either:

• you decide to play W for that card, as before (♠K, ♦), or
  
  
• you accept 4 tricks by playing another ♦ without cashing ♠K. If E wins this, then a ♠ return gives you all of dummy, so E returns its only ♣. (At the start of the 6-card position, E held the 3 remaining ♠s because of the 2♠ call, so 2♦s means singleton ♣. Presumably E will have pitched a ♠ on ♥Q.) If you duck this, then either E holds the trick and must play a ♠ or W overtakes and is endplayed in ♣s. Covering minimally works too.

If W doesn't follow to ♦Q you're guaranteed 5 tricks by overtaking and playing another ♦, as E can't have a ♣.

Nigel, I don't see how a possible squeeze on E needs to come into your picture. After ♥, ♦, ♠, ♦ with W on lead there are only 2 cards left: a ♦ return gives the rest to dummy, and a ♣'s into S's AJ.

Paul had already lost the ♠ and ♦ Aces, so needed 5 tricks for his contract.

[pilowsky]

nige1, on 2020-August-06, 04:24, said:

Thank you, Pilowski Death defying 1st round ♥ finesse

From the 2♠ bid I played West for the ♥J - but yes, I was feeling pretty smug . Also, I just discovered that the 'y' at the end of my name was a clerical error on my Father's birth certificate - Nige1. So I'll just have to lyve with it. c'est la vye.

[nige1]

You are right Peter Alan. Sorry. I was mistaken
And sorry about misspelling your name, Pilowsky
Consolation: Nobody spells my name (Guthrie) correctly
Anyway, not a good start to the day

Pathetic attempt at recovery:
If the 5-card ending had been as on the left, with South on lead..
then 2 rounds of ♠s squeeze East

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