pclayton Posted December 6, 2005 Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 A 6♠ I kibbed last night: [hv=n=sxxhq7xdaj9xxcakt&s=sakqjtha98xxdcqxx]133|200|[/hv] Bidding: 1♠ - 2♦ - 2♥ - 2N - 6♠ (!) - AP. Pro on left, client on right. Pro leads the ♦10. Jack from dummy....which HOLDS, the client playing small without a hitch. You pitch a heart. At this point the Pro says,"ZIAAAAAAAAAA". What is going on and how do you play this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted December 6, 2005 Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 Looks like the pro is in heat 3 :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted December 6, 2005 Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 Somethign weird is going on, what need should west have to get care of ♦A on first trick? Obviously not having the ♥K, so might be a goodtime for an intra finese Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMetsch Posted December 6, 2005 Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 Very strange. Pro is forcing a decision at trick one and think he has given away the contract. I think he would lead a high diamond if he holds the king of hearts. So I can try to drop ♥K doubleton with the client or an intra finesse. Another plan is to ruff diamonds high, after all with 5 diamonds it is useless to lead the diamond ten. So lets draw trumps, if spades are 3-3, then play a club to the ace and then diamond ace and a diamond ruff. Maybe the diamond 9 is now high. If not, I have to guess whether the pro has 2 or 3 hearts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted December 6, 2005 Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 looks like LHO is void in hearts. I will ruff a diamond and pull trumps pitching a diamond from dummy. If they fell in three rounds i'll try club to ace, ace and a diamond ruff, CK CA, heart ducked to rho. If they were 4-2 i'll just pull them all and play club ace, DA, CK, CA, heart ducked to RHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted December 6, 2005 Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 very odd: to whom did the pro intend to refer with his Ziaaaa! I think that he was referring to his partner's duck of the J holding the Q. She would have reasoned (non-zia-esquely) that declarer held the K so did not want to sacrifice the Queen, and the pro has led from the K10 in order to fool you if dummy had hit with AQJxxx in ♦. So it has turned out to be spy-versus-spy, for those of you who read MAD magazine. Okay, if the pro made that lead, does that tell us anything about his ♥ holding? I do not see the need for a void: I do not think he underled KQ10 of ♦: the Q is at least as plausible a card for him to lead in that scenario, and few pros would ever expect their partner to work out what was intended anyway. I think he has the ♥K, and expects a trick with it and wanted to establish a second red trick, probably by way of a ruffing finesse in ♦. So I draw trump (not ruffing a ♦ since I cannot stand a 5-1 break, unlikely as it is (the pro does not hold 5 of them), and then if they are 3-3 I cross to a ♣, cash the ♦ A and ruff a ♦ to get more of a count and then, absent a miracle or a strong hint that ♦ are 4-4, I cash ♥A and low towards the Q. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted December 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2005 Mike: I got the impression from the pro (Chris Compton) that he was needling himself for making a weird lead. Assume that Chris underled the KQT. I tried to imply this by saying the client played low without a hitch. If the client held the Q he'd have a problem to consider. Carry on. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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