EricK Posted October 31, 2005 Report Share Posted October 31, 2005 [hv=d=e&v=n&n=sa973hq72d865cj83&s=s4hak6dakq42cak64]133|200|Scoring: IMPEast/West will pass throughout[/hv]You stumble into 6♦ and, after the ♥J lead, you are releaved to see that dummy has some useful cards for a change. What is the best approach to this hand (especially with regards to the ♣ suit)? If you start to draw trumps, you will be pleased to discover that EW both follow to two rounds. Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awm Posted October 31, 2005 Report Share Posted October 31, 2005 I'll go with pulling trumps, then ♣A and a club up. Makes if ♣3-3 or ♣Q onside or ♣Q stiff offside. Against weak opponents might try ♣8 if LHO plays low club in tempo. You can try to improve chances slightly by playing a club towards the jack before pulling trumps, to add the additional chance of clubs 4-2 with the doubleton club with doubleton diamond. However, this also gives you the chance to go down when clubs are 5-1 with the queen onside, or when hearts are 6-1. I believe these things are likely enough that your overall chance of making actually gets worse if you don't pull trumps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted October 31, 2005 Report Share Posted October 31, 2005 It seems best to me to draw one round of trumps and then try to play a clubs to the jack. If the Jack loses to the queen, I draw a second round of trumps and then cash ♣AK. The advantage over drawing trumps first is that I can make also with clubs 4-2 when the short clubs are in the same hand as the short diamonds (by ruffing the 4th club). When I draw a second round of trumps before playing a clubs, RHO can prevent this when he has 3 diamonds and four clubs to the queen by returning his diamond. I pay off to some ruffs, but that does not seem as likely as someone having 4 clubs and 3 diamonds and RHO having the club queen. Arend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted October 31, 2005 Report Share Posted October 31, 2005 Same as Arend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalvan14 Posted November 1, 2005 Report Share Posted November 1, 2005 I'll go with Cherdano's line Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted November 1, 2005 Report Share Posted November 1, 2005 First you need to test trumps. If they're 4-1, then you have to hope for ♣Qx with the singleton ♦. If they're 3-2, I'd just take my (estimated) 65% chance in ♣: 3rd round of trumps, cash ♥s (you never know it helps locating some cards if the suit splits realy bad), next ♣A and small to the J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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