In article <g0c9fk$44i$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, edelman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Mitch
Edelman) wrote:
> a dealmaster pro list from a club game in 2007 provided this deal:
>
> North: AK10876, A1086, Q, 106
>
> West: Q93, 95, 863, K7542 East: 42, QJ43, AJ1097, QJ
>
> South: J5, K72, K542, A983
>
> The analysis provided on the hand record indicates that NS can
> take 11 tricks at spades. I think not.
>
> With North as declarer and the CQ opening lead, it seems that best
defense
> limits NS to 10 tricks. Did Dealmaster hiccup, or have my powers
> of analysis fled me completely?
East will be squeezed in the red suits when you
run the spades.
For example, suppose the play goes like this...
Win the club queen, draw three rounds of trump,
finessing in spades. Exit with the diamond queen.
Assume that East wins and plays the second club.
He must then exit with a red card. Suppose it is
the diamond. Win the king, and ruff a diamond.
This isolates the diamond and the hearts with
East. You get extra style points for keeping the
diamond deuce as the threat card in that suit.
Now run your spades. East is hopelessly squeezed
on the last spade. With 4 cards remaining, the
ending looks like this:
North: 10, A108, ---, ---
West: ---, 95, ---, K5 East: ---, QJ4, 10, ---
South: ---, K72, 2, ---
North leads his last spade, pitching a low heart
from dummy. What will East play? If he throws the
diamond, then the deuce is good. If he throws a
heart, then they come down.
11 tricks.
John
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