[akwoo]

Sectional Swiss today. You hold

♠Q9xxxx ♥Ax ♦AKTxx ♣-

Two passes to you, so you open 1♠. Partner bids 2♣ Drury. It's a first time partnership, and you haven't discussed Drury followups, so you just bid 4♠. (Opps pass throughout.)

Partner shows up with

♠JTx ♥KJx ♦xx ♣AJ9xx

LHO starts off with AK♠ and a third spade. RHO plays one spade and doesn't give you any information (and I don't remember what he discarded anyway).

LHO is a Grand Life Master, and I don't know RHO, but he seems very good. Which of the options for the tenth trick do you go for (noting there are ways to try more than one)?

Spoiler

I played ♣A from board and ducked a diamond to LHO. Then I got back a low club, inserted the 9, and got the ♣K from RHO.

[thepossum]

Nobody has commented. I am waiting

How about playing the Ace of clubs, finessing diamonds and then whatever hoping to squeeze the red suits I just made that up

The only bit I really thought of was the Ace of clubs followed by the diamond finesse - see what happens next - maybe even finesse twice

I just guessed that maybe it requires a squeeze

[mycroft]

akwoo, on 2025-February-01, 22:28, said:

Sectional Swiss today.

spots below 9 approximate (x's in OP).

LHO starts off with AK♠ and a third spade. RHO plays one spade and doesn't give you any information (and I don't remember what he discarded anyway).

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LHO is a Grand Life Master, and I don't know RHO, but he seems very good. Which of the options for the tenth trick do you go for (noting there are ways to try more than one)?

Spoiler

I played ♣A from board and ducked a diamond to LHO. Then I got back a low club, inserted the 9, and got the ♣K from RHO.

Not sure I have an answer, but I need to see it in bridge diagram :-).

[akwoo]

mycroft, on 2025-February-02, 13:35, said:

Not sure I have an answer, but I need to see it in bridge diagram :-).

Dummy has 2 diamonds and 5 clubs, and the opening bid is 1♠.

[pescetom]

akwoo, on 2025-February-02, 13:47, said:

Dummy has 2 diamonds and 5 clubs, and the opening bid is 1♠.

See why you should present a hand diagram yourself?

Seriously, I think it is a due courtesy and moderators should be authorized to delete posts without.
Bridge is already tricky without being sure what is going on.

[mycroft]

Thanks. Fixed. Sorry, sometimes hard to read on a laptop screen.

[thepossum]

Now I can see it clearly you can only finesse once and hope - I can't be the only person making a fool of myself can I