whereagles Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 Matchpoints, intermediate field[hv=d=s&v=n&n=satxhaj9dxxcjxxxx&s=sxhqxxxdakq9xcakq]133|200|Scoring: MPSouth to play 6♣Lead: ♠Q[/hv]LHO leads ♠Q against your club slam. How would you play it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 your 12 trick will come from ♥, leading ♥J at trick 2 might do the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 Yes, it looks natural to win, cross in trumps and play a heart to the Jack. If this loses, you need trumps 3-2 (spade force). I am not sure what the right line is if the HJ wins. You have various lines that can cope with 4-1 trumps (particularly if you have the 9 or even the 87 of clubs). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 Yes, it looks natural to win, cross in trumps and play a heart to the Jack. If this loses, you need trumps 3-2 (spade force). I am not sure what the right line is if the HJ wins. You have various lines that can cope with 4-1 trumps (particularly if you have the 9 or even the 87 of clubs). Agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 What are the club pips? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toothbrush Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 I believe that when trumps are 4-1 you can only win when ♦ are 3-3:rolleyes:When you leave one trump outside, the opp with 4 trumps can probably ruff the 3rd♦ and collect a ♠.When you leave him with 2 trumps, and he ruffs the 3rd ♦, he forces you to ruff a ♠ with a high trump. This is then the last time you're in your hand and you will have to hand over a trick in ♥. So I think the first thing to do is playing TWO rounds of ♣ and when they're 4-1, play a 3rd round of it, cross to dummy (♥) and play ♣J. Then play 5 rounds of ♦. When trumps are 3-2, you take the finesse in ♥ after the 2nd round of ♣. When it wins, you can ruff a ♠, and cross back to dummy to play ♣J and play 3 rounds of ♦ to eliminate the 2nd ♠-loser.When the ♥-finesse loses, you have an extra entry (♥Q) to develop ♦. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted January 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 What are the club pips? Highest is the 7, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted January 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 I believe that when trumps are 4-1 you can only win when ♦ are 3-3;)When you leave one trump outside, the opp with 4 trumps can probably ruff the 3rd♦ and collect a ♠.When you leave him with 2 trumps, and he ruffs the 3rd ♦, he forces you to ruff a ♠ with a high trump. This is then the last time you're in your hand and you will have to hand over a trick in ♥. So I think the first thing to do is playing TWO rounds of ♣ and when they're 4-1, play a 3rd round of it, cross to dummy (♥) and play ♣J. Then play 5 rounds of ♦. When trumps are 3-2, you take the finesse in ♥ after the 2nd round of ♣. When it wins, you can ruff a ♠, and cross back to dummy to play ♣J and play 3 rounds of ♦ to eliminate the 2nd ♠-loser.When the ♥-finesse loses, you have an extra entry (♥Q) to develop ♦. This is the correct line. At least at table that's what worked :) Trumps were 4-1 and the heart king was offside, but diamonds broke 3-3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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