Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxe.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!ihuxe!rainbow From: rainbow@ihuxe.UUCP Newsgroups: net.rec.bridge Subject: TYP:R37 revised solution Message-ID: <801@ihuxe.UUCP> Date: Wed, 15-Aug-84 14:41:12 EDT Article-I.D.: ihuxe.801 Posted: Wed Aug 15 14:41:12 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 16-Aug-84 03:03:36 EDT Sender: rainbow@ihuxe.UUCP Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 54 S:87542 H:T3 D:Q63 C:A75 S: H:AKQ6 D:K9 C:KJT9863 W N E S 1H P P 2H(strong) 2S P P 3C 3S 4C P 4H P 6C Lead:KS What is your best line of play? ******************************* >> Thank the opponents for bidding so much. Ruff. Play low diamond towards the >> Q(hope west has the ace). West must duck or else you have a place to pitch >> your heart. Now pull trump finessing east if necessary. Run the trumps. >> Come down to four hearts and the KD. West must come down to four hearts >> and the AD. End play west with the diamond. Take the last four heart >> tricks. > "The JH exit is fatal by west at this point. Instead west must also be made > responsible for the spade menace. Then the defense falls apart." -Jeff Halle Yes indeed. I stand corrected. The hand is more complex than originally thought. Play should go as follows. Ruff spade lead. Low diamond to the Q playing west for the Ace. Ruff a spade. AC unblocking. 7C finesse preserving the 5C as a possible and necessary entry. Ruff another spade. Run trump. Now the five card ending is as follows: S:87 H:Tx D:x C: S: irrelevent H:Jxxx D:A C: S: H:AKQx D:K C: Exit with the KD. Now even the JH exit is foiled by declarer. In my source for this problem they call this a "moon menace." Those little innocent spades appear to have no real value whatsoever, but they become ever so deadly.