[USViking]

From #2881 Robot Duplicate- (MP), 2011-11-30 15:59

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GIB won the first five tricks, drawing all opponents' trump
in the process, at which point it had five more winners running.

There was a finesse available for an overtrick at no risk to
the contract, provided the 13th trump is retained.

However, GIB played the 13th trump at trick 6, and soon after
lost the finesse, opponents then taking three side suit tricks for -1.

[Bbradley62]

It appears to me that there are 11, not 10, top tricks: 2♠+5♥+4♦. Aside from the silliness of playing the last trump, taking the spade finesse is an attempt to take a 12th trick, but it does put the 11th trick at risk.

[USViking]

Bbradley62, on 2011-November-30, 17:43, said:

It appears to me that there are 11, not 10, top tricks: 2♠+5♥+4♦. Aside from the silliness of playing the last trump, taking the spade finesse is an attempt to take a 12th trick, but it does put the 11th trick at risk.

You are absolutely right about the number of tricks available.

I thought I learned to count that high, but I guess I didn't.

There is still a problem with GIB unnecessarily playing last trump
when it did though, isn't there?

[Bbradley62]

USViking, on 2011-November-30, 18:33, said:

There is still a problem with GIB unnecessarily playing last trump when it did though, isn't there?

Abso-freakin-lutely