Teams Match
Jimmy Cayne's team of stars v/s Egyptian star players
Bd: 15
Dlr: South
Vul: NS
North
S K8
H AKQ2
D Q76
C AJ82
South
S Q97643
H 53
D J
C Q953
West North East South
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2D* * Multi
Pass 4H° Pass 4S ° Pass or correct
Pass Pass Pass
Trick 1: C6 CA CT C3
Trick 2: HA H7 H3 H4
Trick 3: HK H8 H5 HT
Trick 4: HQ S5 ?
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QUIZ: Your plan?
Solution:
I simulated 100 hands - I kept N/S cards as given; East was given the CK; and exactly H7-H8. Amazingly, in only 2 cases (2%) can 4S be made by South!
Case 1:
At trick 4, you need to overruff, and play a trump to the king straight away.
After East takes the ace he will probably play a diamond to West, then a club to East and another diamond (best defense). You have to ruff. Now a club to table and finesse trumps, draw and claim.
Case 2:
Here you need to discard the diamond (scissor's coup)! If you overruffed, East wins the SA-CK-then underleads his diamond for a club ruff.
With you discardng a diamond, East cannot reach his partner. You lose the heart ruff, a club and a trump, to make.
So what happened in actual play and how were the hands?
The Egyptian declarer discarded a diamond but went down. Unlucky this time.
North
S K8
H AKQ2
D Q76
C AJ82
West East
S A10 S J52
H J10964 H 87
D 953 D AK10842
C 764 C K10
South
S Q97643
H 53
D J
C Q953
West North East South
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2D
Pass 4H Pass 4S
Pass Pass Pass
Trick 1: C6 CA CT C3
Trick 2: HA H7 H3 H4
Trick 3: HK H8 H5 HT
Trick 4: HQ S5 DJ H6 - diamond discarded
Trick 5: CK C5 C4 C2
Trick 6: DA S3 D3 D6
Trick 7: S4 SA S8 S2
Trick 8: C7 C8 SJ C9 - the murderous club ruff
Trick 9: D2 S6 D5 D7
Trick 10: S7 ST SK D4
9 Tricks Claimed -100.
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To make the hand, declarer needed to overruff at trick 4 and play a trump.
In room 2, Jimmy Cayne and Lorenzo Lauria were spared the lethal club lead and made it comfortably.
West North East South
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Pass
Pass 1C 1D Pass
Pass Dbl Pass 4S
Pass Pass Pass
Trick 1: HJ HQ H7 H3
Trick 2: HA H8 H5 H4
Trick 3: HK SJ DJ H6 - diamond discarded also
Trick 4: DK S3 D5 D6
Trick 5: S4 ST SK S2
Trick 6: S8 S5 S6 SA
Trick 7: D9 D7 DT S7
Trick 8: CQ C6 C2 CK
Trick 9: DA S9 D3 DQ
Trick 10: C3 C4 CJ CT
10 Tricks Claimed +620.
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