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#41 User is offline   dburn 

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Posted 2010-September-05, 06:59

This is what was going on.

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On the third round of diamonds, East actually discarded a spade - and West discarded a club. Before anyone played to the next trick, however, West discovered that he still had a diamond.

So West played his diamond, and his club became a major penalty card. South thereupon played a spade to dummy's king and East's ace and, as was his legal right, required East to lead a club. Because East still had a club, declarer now made the rest, but if East had discarded that club on the third round of diamonds, he would have been at liberty to cash his remaining hearts.

No, I don't know why declarer played the hand as he did - it would seem normal to cross to dummy in diamonds and play a club to the jack, thus going down four. But perhaps South considered the club finesse a lesser chance compared to playing RHO for ignorance of basic safety plays to guard against partner being about to revoke. And who is to say that he was wrong?
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Posted 2010-September-05, 07:25

cute!

Well we all got Burned again as usual whereas the actual East only got burned! :)
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Posted 2010-September-05, 07:35

thanks dburn for another important defensive lesson :)
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Posted 2010-September-05, 11:02

Haha, very nice problem :rolleyes:
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Posted 2010-September-05, 12:00

Compliments, even sarcastic? I can't remember being more disappointed in an answer after waiting so long...
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Posted 2010-September-05, 13:14

I enjoyed this because I often encounter positions I can't understand until I see what partner and oppos have done.

If only logic solved all problems.
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Posted 2010-September-05, 15:29

I thought this was very funny.
... that would still not be conclusive proof, before someone wants to explain that to me as well as if I was a 5 year-old. - gwnn
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Posted 2010-September-05, 16:26

I suppose the lesson I have taken from this is I would never make it in England.
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Posted 2010-September-06, 03:37

nice one....
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Posted 2010-September-06, 10:48

What's the problem Josh?

Maybe you expected another "hey, look at me playing at the same table as Zia"-type of thread, but it turned out to be just a cute puzzle and a funny story.
and the result can be plotted on a graph.
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Posted 2010-September-06, 10:51

Apparently I wouldn't make it in Europe at all.
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