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Hope for the best Another theme from tournament last weekend

#1 User is offline   nige1 

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Posted 2013-March-27, 13:46



2 is a sensible contract but suppose EW overbid grossly to 5.
Against West's 5 contract. North leads K.
Does declarer have any chance to make?

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Posted 2013-March-27, 14:12

chasing 5 i guess you would win A play low to jack low to J low to queen and so on and eventually throw a club in East on A (relying on both kings being the right side and for nice splits)

leaving

West
KT6
2
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65

East
95432
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2

how you then play that for only 2 losers I have no idea but then again i'm probably on completely the wrong track :lol:
"definitely that's what I like to play when I'm playing standard - I want to be able to bid diamonds because bidding good suits is important in bridge" - Meckstroth's opinion on weak 2 diamond
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Posted 2013-March-27, 14:24

View Posteagles123, on 2013-March-27, 14:12, said:

how you then play that for only 2 losers I have no idea but then again i'm probably on completely the wrong track :lol:


You probably make it, even if you have not worked out why yet!
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