Plan the play

[nickf]

North declares 4H after an uninterrupted auction.

 

[hv=d=n&v=n&n=saq9hj84dq87caqj2&s=sk753haq976dj6c75]133|200|Scoring: Swiss Teams[/hv]

 

East begins with DA, DK, D2.

 

Over to you.

 

nickf

sydney

[cnszsun]

White vs Red, East did not overcall with his good ♦ suit, so both unseen Kings are more likely to be in West's hand. I will ruff with Q, if overruffed by King, easy for my following play; if it wins, i still play a small ♥ to Jack in order to keep ♥Ace as entry to finesse ♣ twice.

[nickf]

White vs Red, East did not overcall with his good ♦ suit

 

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Who said East had a good diamond suit? How do you know his diamonds weren't AKx?

 

Go back 2 spaces.

 

nickf

sydney

[nickf]

I should have nipped this in the bud earlier.

 

North opened 1NT (15-17), South transferred to Hearts then bid spades naturally.

 

nickf

sydney

[cnszsun]

Can we trust West's signal at first two tricks? If it showed West has more than 2♦s, i will pitch a ♣ from dummy and run ♥Jack. I find the toughest time will appear when West wins and returns a ♣.

[adhoc3]

Cant afford wrong side ♥K and a ♦ ruff at the same time.

 

So I just pitch a ♣ on the 3rd ♦:

 

1) If west ruff, the ♥K has to be on east. I'll play ♥J from hand, hoping not a stiff K. Then after tried ♥ 3-3, finesse ♣K is very likely to be successful.

2) If west duck low, then I will play low ♥ from hand, hook dummy's 9*. Knowing where is the ♥K, I will try ♠3-3, if not, try catch ♣K from the opposite direction.

 

*An extra chance here that if 9 wins, then I'll play ♠AQ and the third ♠. East has ♥KTx now, there's no use to ruff the 3rd ♠ even he can, so i just safely ruff the 4 the ♠, East can overruff as his final trick. Guessing on ♣K is out of question.

[PMetsch]

Throw a club.

if [di] is ruffed then I play for [he]K doubleton/singleton onside
else [di]Q wins then [he]J
[space] [space] [space] [space] if [he] finesse looses then [sp]3-3 or [cl]finesse
[space] [space] [space] [space] else [he]J covered then I win and play [he]Q
[space] [space] [space] [space] [space] [space] [space] [space] [space] if [he] 3-2 I can ruff a [sp]
[space] [space] [space] [space] [space] [space] [space] [space] [space] else low [he] and [sp]3-3 or [cl]finesse

[Fluffy]

picth a ♣

 

If I win, I'll play ♥A+♥ to the ♥J.

 

IF I didn't then low to the ♥Q

[pclayton]

Cute hand. Unless I think my LHO is weak, I'll play him for the K♣. LHO has set up my Q♦ unnecessarily. Furthermore, LHO can see that I'll possibly get a diamond pitch on the club, so cashing the ♦AK was necessary if I was 2-2 in the minors - like the actual hand.

 

So I'm pitching a spade on the Q♦.

 

I don't have a 100% safety in the trump suit for 1 loser. So I'll just run the Jack from dummy hoping for K10 on.