Tuesday I analyzed the play of a slam, concluding it had 75 percent plus chance to make.
But what if all of the relevant honors were indeed offside? In Tuesday’s hand that would place the ace of diamonds, the queen-ten third of hearts, and the king-jack of clubs offside. The deal would look like this. Update: thanks to Tor for pointing out error in the posted deal. I corrected it. Here is the corrected deal:
Now that you see all the hands can you find a way for South to make six hearts?
First HBC member with fewer than 1,000 masterpoints to solve this double dummy problem wins a free play and recognition in the HBC Double Dummy Solvers’ Honor Roll.
If you feel adventursome, propose your solution in the comments. Otherwise email the solution to me and I will get back to you.
I am offering the same prize to two previous Double Dummy problems that are still keeping HBC members awake at night: here and here.