The ubercool 6S from TNSC # March 31st

East - West got this awesome deal.

A7x
Kxx
AT9xx
xx


KJ9xx
AQ
-void-
AKJT9x


Most tables bid and made 6S. The fun is in the play of the deal. Think if a line of play to maximize your chances. Lead is a small D or a small H, shouldn't matter much.

Vinoth and Kedar like this: play for one of the black queens with RHO. i.e finesse spade first then the clubs. It will also cater to certain 4-1 breaks. (?)
Prajwal and I like this: Play of two top spades, followed by top two clubs, saving a trump to ruff a club in dummy. This caters to the case where Qxx of both spades and clubs are with LHO.

Try analysing the various combinations, there will only be few where one works and the other doesn't.
Notice that the Ten of spades is missing, but the ten of clubs is in hand.

Ashok passed this double dummy analyser link to me. I've tried it and I like it. But it needs all the hands to be known, so it can't answer single-dummy problems. Ideas anyone?

Cheers
Guthi