[pclayton]

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RHO opens 2♥ r/r you play 3N

LHO leads the beer. PTP.

[TylerE]

How cheap do I get to win the first trick?

[TylerE]

How about something like this:


Win lead in hand (I'm going to assume E puts in either the J or T)
A♠
duck a spade in both hands
I'll assume RHO wins and exits a diamond (Leaving W with Hxx at this point)
I'll win the ♦, and lead a spade towards the Q. Assuming this holds (or LHO pops the K) I now have an established spade trick in dummy.

Hrrm, eh, I dunno, I do much better on this kind of problem at the table, but I'm assuming the winnging line is some sort endplay with W to score a 3rd ♦ for the 9th trick.

[Fluffy]

duck first trick, then play a spade to the queen.

[Hairy_Scot]

pclayton, on Jan 7 2009, 06:13 AM, said:

LHO leads the beer.

Not familiar with that phrase.
Meaning please.

[mtvesuvius]

Hairy_Scot, on Jan 6 2009, 07:18 PM, said:

pclayton, on Jan 7 2009, 06:13 AM, said:

LHO leads the beer.

Not familiar with that phrase.
Meaning please.

The beer card is the 7♦.

[Phil]

1st trick went 7, x, J....

[MFA]

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♦A
♠A
♠ to 9, J
♥Q, all duck
♥9 to K
♠ to K
♦Q, where you unblock the 9! Remember to say oops
♦ to K
♥ to A
♠Q, doublesqueeze.

[Phil]

MFA, on Jan 8 2009, 10:25 PM, said:

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♦A
♠A
♠ to 9, J
♥Q, all duck
♥9 to K
♠ to K
♦Q, where you unblock the 9! Remember to say oops
♦ to K
♥ to A
♠Q, doublesqueeze.

LHO was xxx, void, QT87x, Jxxxx.

I'm still a little puzzled whether or not I can make this - let's assume the opponents stay off the club suit.

I do think ducking the first round of spades is best however.

This was in a robot race and it wasn't practical to go to the library on this one, unfortunately.

[MFA]

If they promise to stay off the club suit and you read the layout (who has the ♠K), 3NT can be made:

♦A
Lose spade to east
Duck heart
Win ♥K
Duck diamond to west
Win ♦K
Lose spade to east
Win ♥A
Cash the spade for the double squeeze.

[nige1]

Scoring: IMPs


After RHO opened 3♥, Phil played in 3N, as South, on a ♦ lead.

• Can you make 3N If defenders promise to stay off the ♣ suit?
  MFA explains that if you guess who has the ♠K, 3NT can be made:
  ♦A, Lose ♠, Duck ♥ return, Win ♥K, Exit in ♦, Win ♦K, Lose ♠. Win ♥A. Finally, cash ♠x for a double squeeze.
  
• If RHO belatedly switches to ♣ after declarer loses the 2nd ♠, declarer can still struggle home.
  • If RHO exits with ♣Q, then declarer wins ♣K and finesses ♣T.
    
  • If RHO exits with ♣x, then declarer plays small and wins LHO's ♣J with dummy's ♣A. Now RHO is left with sole ♣ control. Hence dummy's winning ♠x executes a criss-cross squeeze.

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