[blml] Off with her head! [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Harald Skjæran]

On 13/07/07, richard.hills at immi.gov.au <richard.hills at immi.gov.au> wrote:
>
>
> Imps
> Dlr: West
> Vul: Nil
>
> The bidding has gone:
>
> WEST      NORTH     EAST      SOUTH
> 1C(1)     1S        Pass(2)   Pass
> 1NT(3)    Pass      3NT       Pass
> Pass      Pass
>
> (1) Precision Club, alerted
> (2) 6-8 hcp, alerted
> (3) 17-19 hcp, balanced
>
> North leads a fourth-best five of spades.
>
>                      EAST (dummy)
>                      T72
>                      T85
>                      T5
>                      AK762
>          SOUTH (you)
>          Q9
>          KJ974
>          J76
>          JT8
>
> East is pining for the fjords, so dashes
> out of the room as soon as dummy is
> displayed.  As West leans over to play
> the ten of spades from dummy at trick
> one, West inadvertently shows you that
> West holds the Ace, King and Four of
> spades.
>
> Law 74C5:
>
> "...it is appropriate to act on
> information acquired by inadvertently
> seeing an opponent's card..."
>
> Your queen of spades is duly captured
> by West's king.  At trick two declarer
> plays the four of clubs, partner plays
> the five of clubs, and dummy plays the
> six of clubs.  You decide to avoid a
> revoke, so win the trick.
>
> What card do you play at trick three?
>
> What other cards do you consider
> playing at trick three?


Partner is marked with 6-8 hcp on the bidding.
>From your view of declarer's spades and the play in clubs, partner is known
to hold the SJ and the CQ, thus hold 3-5 hcp in the red suits.
You can count 2 spade and 4 club tricks for declarer.
If declarer holds DAKQxx, he could have taken 9 tricks at once, playing for
the 3-3 diamond split.
If declarer holds AK4 Qx AKQx xxx, you need to switch to a heart to beat the
contract.
If declarer holds AK4 Qxx AKQx xxx, you need to switch to the HJ, and beats
the contract if declarer covers it.
If declarer holds AK4 AQx AQxx xxx, he can always win by endplaying partner
in spades after having cashed the clubs.
So, all in all, your best chance of beating the contract is to continue
spades and hope partner holds the DA, then there's nothind declarer can do.
The only alternartive is switching to the HJ, hoping for Axx with partner or
an erronous cover from declarer holding Qxx.

-- 
Kind regards,
Harald Skjæran

Best wishes
>
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