Hi lain
Yes , apparently a mix up . Hope this gets resolved soon and as the cards lay, south could have prevailed since EW cannot play hearts. Lay down A of clubs, there are days when stiff Kings are hovering around. But when his majesty doesn’t appear, continue with club. East wins but what can he return? If it is a diamond, hope up and run clubs discarding diamond reaching six card position. East comes down to two spades, two hearts and two diamonds. West three spades and three hearts. Cash diamond and leads diamond for east to win. If he cashes A of hearts, south has nine tricks. And if he leads spade, south plays small . West wins, cashes long diamond but south gets two spades for the contract
Double dummy of course but quite elegant
Regards
A V Ramana RaoNovember 5th, 2025 at 12:40 pm
It’s hop up and not hope up and west comes down to three spades and three diamonds
Regards
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Hi Barry, Folks,
Deja vu?
Regards,
Iain
Hi lain
Yes , apparently a mix up . Hope this gets resolved soon and as the cards lay, south could have prevailed since EW cannot play hearts. Lay down A of clubs, there are days when stiff Kings are hovering around. But when his majesty doesn’t appear, continue with club. East wins but what can he return? If it is a diamond, hope up and run clubs discarding diamond reaching six card position. East comes down to two spades, two hearts and two diamonds. West three spades and three hearts. Cash diamond and leads diamond for east to win. If he cashes A of hearts, south has nine tricks. And if he leads spade, south plays small . West wins, cashes long diamond but south gets two spades for the contract
Double dummy of course but quite elegant
Regards
It’s hop up and not hope up and west comes down to three spades and three diamonds
Regards
HI AVRR,
Very nice, thanks!
Iain