Interesting defensive problem

[Lorne]

Q86
AQ82
A64
KQ6
942 10
J765 10943
KJ7 1092
987 A5432
AKJ753
K
Q853
J10

Bidding:
S W N E
- - 1H P
1S P 1N P *1N=15-17
2C P 2N P *2C enquires, 2N=3433 max
3S P 4D P
4H P 4N P
5H P 6S P
P P
Contract: 6S by S

West leads the club 9 - would you find a duck with the East hand? If you
win then declarer has 3 easy diamond discards on 2H + 1C, if you duck he can
still make via a club ruffing finesse but will more likely rely on the
diamond K being right and go off since underleading a club ace makes some
sense when you know a good player would not bid blackwood with 2 losing
clubs so the K is likely on your left.

[Fred.]

I must be missing something. If RHO holds off, declarer draws as many rounds of trump as necessary, cashes the king of hearts, and lays down the remaining club not caring whether
or not RHO holds off.

If the club T you show is actually a diamond T so there is
a ruffing finesse, it goes essentiatlly the same way. Declarer lays down a top trump and seeing they split 3-1 or better, takes a seoond round, cashes the heart king, enters
dummy with the trump queen, and leads a top club not caring
which side the ace is on.

6 spades, 3 hearts, 2 clubs and the diamond ace either way.
RHO can't both hold off and lead back a diamond without
cooperation from declarer. The hold off might work if
declarer fails to unblock the heart king.

Fred.

[Tom]

"Lorne" <lorne_a...@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:REdur.70$Pp4...@newsfe17.iad:

The card layout must be wrong. If CA is ducked, win C10, draw 3 rounds
of trump, cash HK, and exit CJ, HAQ and CK provide 3 D discards.

[Lorne]

"Lorne" wrote in message news:REdur.70$Pp4...@newsfe17.iad...

..........

Looks like I missed the possibility of deliberately losing the club anyway
even if RHO ducks - sorry.