rpkelly

The "experts" pointed out that when RHO has both kings you come down to Ax in spades and clubs and then Ace and another in one of the suits is the endplay. I pointed out that if I was defending the end position could easily be seen and would bare a king early in my discards and play for a wrong guess by declarer. Hearts were indeed 3-0.

I'm just returning back to the game after a 25 year absence when I picked up: ♠Axx ♥AKQJxxx ♦x ♣Ax Contract is 6♥ and dummy comes down with: ♠Qxx ♥xxx ♦AK10 ♣Qxxx Open lead: small diamond My thinking is that the diamond lead killed any squeeze chances so I focused on the black kings. If the spade king was onside I could make it and figured that was 50% If both kings were on my left that was the same 50/50. If LHO had the club king and RHO the spade king, I couldn't see how to be successful. If both kings were on my right, a 25%? chance,I could do a throw-in. I also had to consider if hearts broke 3-0 I would not have another dummy entry after the first trick. I thought the 50/50 spade king on my left represented the best chance so I took the top diamonds and pitched a club and eventually lost two tricks when both kings showed up on my right and the throw-in strategy would have been successful unless a crafty defender bared a king and I didn't figure it out. Of course, the local cast of experts concluded they would have all played for both kings to be in one hand and I didn't give myself the best chance. Thoughts?