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Originally Posted by 3for3poker
Coaching some juniors, this hand came up yesterday:
RHO opens 3C, we get to 6S. Lead is the King of hearts.
T98
AT43
KQ2
765
AKQJ765
2
AT543
void.
Obviously we are cold against normal breaks in the red suits (they were normal at the table). What foul splits can you overcome?
I'm assuming this is IMP scoring, where the primary goal is to make the contract. Given the auction I think the only situation that's consistent and tricky is 0=5=5=3 from LHO and 3=3=0=7 from RHO.
On trick 2 I'd ruff a heart high, and on trick 3 play a spade to the board. If both follow we're good. Assuming LHO shows out, I would ruff another heart high, and play another spade to the board.
Then I'd run the trumps, ending with this:
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T
KQ2
7
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-
AT543
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Now I cash the KQ of diamonds. If they are 3-2 claim. If they are 4-1 we can endplay LHO, who presumably has the high heart left (unlikely LHO is leading from just KQ here, but by ruffing two rounds of hearts, the J should drop in case LHO doesn't have it). If they are 5-0, LHO got squeezed earlier, and we can get the same endplay. RHO can't really have 4 diamonds and follow the first heart and have three spades, but we could hook the diamond anyways if that was the case.
Last edited by Myrmidon7328; 11-30-2020 at 12:03 PM.