carol@zehntel.UUCP (05/24/84)
#N:zehntel:7000003:000:475
zehntel!carol May 21 15:11:00 1984
Here's another play problem:
AQT542
653
Q6
J2
K97 J86
987 2
KJT542 873
7 KQT953
3
AKQJT4
A9
A864
The contract is 6 Hearts and West leads his singleton club.
I will post the solution in about 1 week if the correct
line of play has not been found by then.rainbow@ihuxe.UUCP (05/24/84)
AQT542
653
Q6
J2
K97 J86
987 2
KJT542 873
7 KQT953
3
AKQJT4
A9
A864
The contract is 6 Hearts and West leads his singleton club.
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Yes, the old pitching ace on ace trick.
Win the AC. Draw trump. Finesse QS. Pitch AD on AS. Rough a spade setting
up three club pitches. Exit with a diamond and West holding nothing but
diamonds must provide an entry to dummy. Apologize to your opponents
for giving them an undeserved bad board.halle1@houxz.UUCP (J.HALLE) (05/25/84)
# AQT542
653
Q6
J2
K97 J86
987 2
KJT542 873
7 KQT953
3
AKQJT4
A9
A864
The contract is 6 Hearts and West leads his singleton club.
***********************************************************
Yes, the old pitching ace on ace trick.
Win the AC. Draw trump. Finesse QS. Pitch AD on AS. Rough a spade setting
up three club pitches. Exit with a diamond and West holding nothing but
diamonds must provide an entry to dummy. Apologize to your opponents
for giving them an undeserved bad board.
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I'd rather use the unnecessary trump loser trick.
Win the club. Finesse the spade Q. Ruff a spade high.
Draw two rounds of trump. Exit with a low heart. West
must give dummy an entry via a spade lead or the diamond queen.gs@mit-eddie.UUCP (Gordon Strong) (05/25/84)
Here's how I'd do it (*SPOILER*):
recall the hands: AQT542
653
K9x Q6 Jxx
987 J2 x
KJT542 873
x x KQT9xx
AKQJT4
Contract:6H A9
West leads sing. club A864
1. go up with the jack and take it in hand with ace when east hits it.
2. finesse against the king of spades, taking in dummy regardless
3. play the winning high spade from dummy, pitching the ace of diamonds
from your hand (this is the key play).
4. play a low spade and ruff in hand.
5. play 3 rounds of trumps, leaving this situation:
T54
---
--- Q6 ---
--- 2 ---
KJT542 doesn't matter
--- --- doesn't matter
T4
9
864
6. now play the 9 of diamonds. if west hits it, duck in dummy.
if west ducks, take it in dummy. this is the throw-in that
you have been waiting for.
7. if west takes it (which he has to, unless he feels like giving
you an overtrick), he must return a diamond. You win the diamond
in dummy and run your spades, pitching your clubs. Claim with
the last two trumps in hand.
The main point is that you have to get rid of the ace of diamonds
to avoid being cut off from dummy.
(I hope there are no flaws with this solution)
Gordon Strong
decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!gs
GS@MIT-XX