In latest Wacko's session, 2 tricky hands were dealt and we have called on Colin, our adorable poco1, to give us his analysis, and he was so kind to do so.
HAND 1 98
AQ83
KT8
Q752
AQ72
T43
42
KT975
J932
-
863
AKT94
KJ65
J6
AQ7654
J
W - N - E - S- Pass - Pass - 1D
Pass - 1H - Pass - 1S
Pass - 2NT - Pass - 3D
All Pass
Lead
4
Colin: Declarer played low, east won and cashed a top club, then switched back to hearts. Declarer has to make something of the spades, and should overtake the !HJ to run a spade, if not covered. West will win, and will probably return a club. Dummy and east cover, and declarer ruffs. Now a top spade scoops up the ace, leaving declarer with the master Jack. (If anything, it is easier if east DOES cover the spade with the 10.) Declarer ruffs the next club and cashes the spade, discarding a club or heart from dummy… say a club. He can continue with his last spade, ruffing with dummy’s !D8. (The play so far has shown 4 spades and 3 clubs in the west hand, and has strongly suggested 2 hearts. If so, diamonds are 4-0.) A heart is ruffed high, dummy re-entered with !D10 and the last heart also ruffed high. That’s 9 tricks… a very tricky hand!
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HAND 2 -
Q97642
KT864
93
J82
AQ975
5
KT8
QJ97
A5
QT765
AK4
KT643
AJ3
32
J82
W - N - E - S- - 1S - Pass
2S - Pass - 4S - Pass
Pass - 4NT - 5S - Dbl
All Pass
Lead
2
Colin:Provided the right inferences are taken, this should not prove too difficult. North’s 4NT bid promised a very distributional two suiter and the double from south strongly suggests a substantial spade holding. It is not unreasonable to expect him to have both
K and
10. Declarer should win the first club in hand and run the
7 if not covered. When this wins, he continues with a low spade and all south can make is his
K and the
A. If he does not cash his Ace, declarer will discard hearts on the long clubs and take the diamond finesse, after drawing the trumps.
Thanks Colin and Jack !