This is a hand from the intra google bridge tournament (a global tournament among Google employees).
You are South holding JT8xxxx, AQx, AKx and open 1H after RHO passes as dealer. You hear partner bid 3H (10-12 limit raise with 4). What will you bid?
Say you just somehow end up in 6H.
LHO leads the CT and you see:
Contract:6H
How will you play?
The problem will be if hearts don't split and DK is offside. You can cater to some of that via an end play.
Win the club in dummy, cash SA throwing a diamond, and ruff a spade (key play).
Now play a heart to the A. If trumps divide, you can take the diamond finesse for the overtrick. If RHO has the KQ, you have to rely on the diamond finesse.
If LHO has the trump KQ (as it was at the table) now you can still practically guarantee your contract. Ruff a spade to hand, cash the clubs throwing a spade and exit a heart. Now LHO has to play a diamond or give a ruffnsluff.
As fate would have it, LHO had the DK too, so this was a required play to make the slam.
This hand was bid and made by Wei-Bung Wang (who has played internationally for the Taiwain junior national team). The other table was only in 4H so making it was a huge swing (as compared to going down).
Wei-Bung bid 6H directly after the 3H and this is his reasoning:
I opened second hand. RHO didn’t open 2S, LHO didn’t overcall 1S. Partner rates to have some spades. If he has 5-4-2-2 and no strength at all, the slam is still 26%. There’s no scientific way to stop at 4-level. There’s also no scientific way to reach grand slam.
You are South holding JT8xxxx, AQx, AKx and open 1H after RHO passes as dealer. You hear partner bid 3H (10-12 limit raise with 4). What will you bid?
Say you just somehow end up in 6H.
LHO leads the CT and you see:
| IMPS E/W | Dummy ♠ AT32 ♥ A974 ♦ 865 ♣ QJ | |
| You ♠ - ♥ JT86532 ♦ AQ7 ♣ AK2 |
Contract:6H
First Lead: ♣T
How will you play?
The problem will be if hearts don't split and DK is offside. You can cater to some of that via an end play.
Win the club in dummy, cash SA throwing a diamond, and ruff a spade (key play).
Now play a heart to the A. If trumps divide, you can take the diamond finesse for the overtrick. If RHO has the KQ, you have to rely on the diamond finesse.
If LHO has the trump KQ (as it was at the table) now you can still practically guarantee your contract. Ruff a spade to hand, cash the clubs throwing a spade and exit a heart. Now LHO has to play a diamond or give a ruffnsluff.
As fate would have it, LHO had the DK too, so this was a required play to make the slam.
This hand was bid and made by Wei-Bung Wang (who has played internationally for the Taiwain junior national team). The other table was only in 4H so making it was a huge swing (as compared to going down).
Wei-Bung bid 6H directly after the 3H and this is his reasoning:
I opened second hand. RHO didn’t open 2S, LHO didn’t overcall 1S. Partner rates to have some spades. If he has 5-4-2-2 and no strength at all, the slam is still 26%. There’s no scientific way to stop at 4-level. There’s also no scientific way to reach grand slam.
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