This is a first round hand from yesterday's open KO at the Bothell memorial day sectional.
Partner opens a 15-17 NT and you end up in 6C. LHO leads a high diamond spot (likely a doubleton/singleton).
This is what you see:
1 transfer
2: ?
3: 2 Keycards, no Q
4: 6NT is better perhaps.
Anyway, LHO leads a high diamond spot, and RHO follows low.
You win the DT, and play a club to the J which wins! Now you cash the CA, RHO shows out, throwing a diamond.
How will you play?
If LHO is exactly 3=3=2=5 then you can make.
Cash AK heart, ruff a heart. Unblock DA, cash three rounds of spades (throwing a heart). You are left with Hx, CKT in hand while LHO has to follow suit all along and is now left with CQ9x.
Now play the DK and throw the last heart. LHO has to ruff this and lead into your KT.
So did we win IMPS on this? (or at least not lose big to 6NT)
No, we were actually missing the CT, so 6C was down one. LHO was indeed 3=3=2=5, so if we had the CT we would have made.
The other table was in 3NT.
Perhaps there are additional chances you have catered to? If so, please comment.
Partner opens a 15-17 NT and you end up in 6C. LHO leads a high diamond spot (likely a doubleton/singleton).
This is what you see:
| IMPS None | North ♠ AQ82 ♥ T2 ♦ KJ92 ♣ AJ7 | |
| South ♠ K3 ♥ AKJ97 ♦ AT ♣ KT54 |
| W | N | E | S |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1NT | P | 2D1 | |
| P | 2H | P | 3C |
| P | 4C2 | P | 4NT |
| P | 5H3 | P | 6C4 |
| P | P | P |
1 transfer
2: ?
3: 2 Keycards, no Q
4: 6NT is better perhaps.
Anyway, LHO leads a high diamond spot, and RHO follows low.
You win the DT, and play a club to the J which wins! Now you cash the CA, RHO shows out, throwing a diamond.
How will you play?
If LHO is exactly 3=3=2=5 then you can make.
Cash AK heart, ruff a heart. Unblock DA, cash three rounds of spades (throwing a heart). You are left with Hx, CKT in hand while LHO has to follow suit all along and is now left with CQ9x.
Now play the DK and throw the last heart. LHO has to ruff this and lead into your KT.
So did we win IMPS on this? (or at least not lose big to 6NT)
No, we were actually missing the CT, so 6C was down one. LHO was indeed 3=3=2=5, so if we had the CT we would have made.
The other table was in 3NT.
Perhaps there are additional chances you have catered to? If so, please comment.
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