From: jackson@ess43.Berkeley.EDU (Jeff Jackson)
Subject: Re: Swiss bid & play
Reply-To: jackson@ess43.Berkeley.EDU (Jeff Jackson)
Organization: Applicon
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 23:47:28 GMT

In article <1992Nov26.170912.13108@ncsu.edu>, ssd@eos.ncsu.edu (Srikant Sridevan) writes:
|> 
|> In article <1992Nov25.054711.7146@Princeton.EDU>,
|> spencer@dew.Princeton.EDU (S. Spencer Sun) writes:
|> |> Newsgroups: rec.games.bridge
|> |> Path:
|> |>
|> taco!gatech!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.e
|> edu!uwm.edu!linac!att!princeton!dew.Princeton.EDU!spencer
|> |> From: spencer@dew.Princeton.EDU (S. Spencer Sun)
|> |> Subject: Swiss bid & play
|> |> Message-ID: <1992Nov25.054711.7146@Princeton.EDU>
|> |> Sender: news@Princeton.EDU (USENET News System)
|> |> Nntp-Posting-Host: dew.princeton.edu
|> |> Reply-To: spencer@phoenix.princeton.edu (S. Spencer Sun)
|> |> Organization: Live Organ Transplants
|> |> Date: Wed, 25 Nov 92 00:47:11 EST
|> |> Lines: 50
|> |> 
|> |> Novice-type question.  I'm certain I botched this and I have a fair
|> |> idea
|> |> how I should have played it.  Looking for confirmation.  So, if you
|> |> find
|> |> this a WTP question, sorry.  You've been warned.
|> |> 
|> |> IMPs, N/S vul, W dealer
|> |> 
|> |>         KJ653
|> |>         AK9
|> |>         J963
|> |>         9
|> |> 
|> |>         AT92
|> |>         872
|> |>         A4
|> |>         A854
|> |> 
|> |> W    N    E    S
|> |> P    1S   3H   3S
|> |> P    4S   P    P
|> |> X    all pass
|> |> 
|> |> Comments on bidding welcome, but mainly, what do you do after East
|> |> leads
|> |> the 3 of hearts to the 2, ten, ace; then a low spade is led to the
|> |> ace
|> |> on the board and you discover to your immense suprise and joy that
|> |> the
|> |> split is 4-0 (East discards a diamond I think, might have been a
|> |> club)
|> |> 
|> |> Full deal:
|> |> 
|> |> 
|> |> 
|> |> 
|> |>         KJ653
|> |>         AK9
|> |>         J963
|> |>         9
|> |> 
|> |> Q874            ---
|> |> T               QJ6543
|> |> QT85            K72
|> |> KJ32            QT76
|> |> 
|> |>         AT92
|> |>         872
|> |>         A4
|> |>         A854
|> |> 
|> |> I won't embarrass myself by saying how I actually played it,
|> |> although
|> |> one can probably guess.
|> |> 
|> |> -----
|> |> sss/PU'94 Dept of CS (spencer@phoenix.princeton.edu)/JvNCnet
|> |> (spencer@jvnc.net)
|> |> Be excellent to each other and party on.
|> |> 
|> |> 
|> 
|> 
|> Probably play A(d) and 4(d) and hope to crossruff the minors  
|> 
|> Srikant



   I agree with the first play, but there's no need to crossruff.
   You can pick up the trump suit, and you need only to ruff one diamond
   to come to 10 tricks.  Since it's Swiss, you don't worry about one
   lousy overtrick.

   Therefore, I play ace and a diamond.  The best they can do is win
   and ruff a heart.  I win any return, ruff a diamond, pull trump,
   and claim.  (If they lead a club after winning the diamond, I ruff
   a club to hand, then ruff the diamond, then pull trump.)


----------------------------------------------------------------------
   - JWJ                       Stopping at six is for wimps.
----------------------------------------------------------------------