A J 10
8 4 2
J 9 7 5 3
Q 4
9 7 6 5 J 9 5 3 Q 10 4 10 2
![[W - E]](t.gif)
K Q 8 3 K A K 8 2 J 6 5 3
4 2 A Q 10 7 6 6 A K 9 8 7| 23.
| A J 10 8 4 2 J 9 7 5 3 Q 4
| |
| 9 7 6 5 J 9 5 3 Q 10 4 10 2
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| K Q 8 3 K A K 8 2 J 6 5 3
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| Both Vul | 4 2 A Q 10 7 6 6 A K 9 8 7 |
Dad West Pass Pass | Poe North 2 4
| Me East Dbl All Pass | Graf South 1 3 |
4 by South
Dad led the 4 against Martin Graf's 4H
contract. Dummy played small, and I won the K. Now it turns out that
I could beat the contract here by switching to the K, but given my limited knowledge about the hand this was not
obvious. So since the hearts were likely breaking badly, I decided to
play the forcing game and played back the 2,
ruffed with the 6. Declarer crossed to the Q in dummy and played a heart to the K and A,
essentially revealing the break. He now cashed a high club, and
played a small club towards dummy. Dad correctly declined to ruff with a natural trump trick, and dummy ruffed small. We have now come to the climax of the hand, with the position being
|
| A J 10 8 J 9 7 —
| |
| 9 7 6 J 9 5 Q —
|
| K Q 8 3 — A 8 J
|
| 4 2 Q 10 7 — K 9 |
At this point, declarer led a diamond from dummy, which
was the correct play. Playing a trump would be essentially conceding
since declarer can't afford to lose a spade, two hearts and a diamond.
At this point, declarer needs to find the incredibly foresighted play of ruffing
the diamond with the T! Now declarer plays a
winning club and West must ruff high.
1) If he returns a trump, declarer can just win in dummy and ruff a
last diamond with his last trump, establishing a trump trick for West,
but then he can pitch his last spade from dummy on the good club.
2) In practice he returned a spade, it was be won by the A in dummy. Declarer
now again found the correct play of ruffing a diamond high and leading
his last club. At this point, West
must again ruff or declarer will simply pitch his losing spade from
dummy and make another trick by leading a spade. So West ruffs high
and must play a trump to prevent a crossruff. Now if declarer wasn't
Michael Rosenberg and didn't unblock his T, he will have to win this
trick in his hand along with his losing spade, instead of in dummy
with his winning diamond. Declarer played well, but not quite well
enough. On a side note, if I actually found this play, I think I
would tell everyone I knew about it for at least 6 months. This hand
is cool to me because it's essentially a dummy reversal on a hand
where you're only in a 5-3 fit and it's breaking 4-1. I may never see
this again.