Re: Deep Finesse gets this right

On Apr 23, 7:43 pm, Steve Willner <swill...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> But it's harder when you can't see all the cards....
>
>    Dealer East
>    NS Vul
>    IMP Pairs
>
>            North
>            K75
>            AK62
>            76432
>            3
>    West               East
>    JT62               -
>    QT97               J4
>    QT                 AKJ8
>    764                AQJ9852
>            South
>            AQ9843
>            853
>            95
>            KT
>    West   North  East   South
>                  1C!    1S
>    Pass!  2S     3C     Pass
>    Pass   3H     Pass   3S
>    Dbl    All Pass
>
>
> Q2. Can defenders beat the contract without a peek?  How?  Assign the
> blame, if you will.

What was East trying to accomplish by the diamond plays?  Did he have
a plan for beating the contract, and an idea of how diamond leads were
going to help accomplish this?  Or did he just see a bunch of high
diamonds in his hand and stop thinking at that point?

                                  -- Adam