Free Posted October 23, 2003 Report Share Posted October 23, 2003 Dealer South, All vulnerable A53QJAQJ2KQ43 KQ1086A7549436 Bidding went2C - 2NT Multi with weak 44+M F13S - 4D Max with 5-4 S-H RKC S5C - 6S 2 keycards with SQ My partner (North) was a bit enthousiastic... West leads the CA (not the lead of the year) and continues with D7. How do you play and why? I played DA, and afterwards my partner told me I should've played DQ. I'm not telling if it was the right decision :P but I wondered if you guys agree with that statement. Free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTodd13 Posted October 23, 2003 Report Share Posted October 23, 2003 Seems like I need DK onside to make this contract so I play the DQ. What lie of the cards gets you 12 tricks with the DK on your right? Todd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke warm Posted October 23, 2003 Report Share Posted October 23, 2003 DK, HK on right.. possible it makes with ruffing finesse.. at the table i think i'd play DJ, mainly cause i think 12 hcp will split 7/5 rather than 6/6, which means one red K is on anyway.. why not H? too tough :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted October 24, 2003 Report Share Posted October 24, 2003 This is where it really helps to know your opponents. Some never lead the ACE against a slam, so if you are playing against on of these, you might decide the only reason he did is that all the other leads seemed less attractive. Against this guy, you might play him for club ACE, both red kings, and even four spades to the JACK. Against this guy, you have to play for a vienna coup including taking a spade hook. Thus you would need to hook the Diamond JACK, Play spade to King, lead spade ten, and let it ride, after the ten wins east shows out), play spade ACE, cash two clubs for two heart pitches, play heart to the ACE, pull the last trump to reach this ending... -- Q AQx- - --K xKxx X xxT x J xx -- The last trump squeezes West, playing him of something like Jxxx Kx Kxxx xxx origianlly. Now that line is very risky, and you have to be pretty sure for this WEST the club ACE was a very unusual play to adopt this line. Against someone who always leads aces against slam, you can of course draw no conclusion. So against most players your options are to play either WEST for the Diamond KING and try to set up a compound squeeze if WEST has 4 or more diamonds, or simply cash out with WEST having 3 Diamond. Or to play EAST specifically for both red kings. With no other information, I would play west for the diamond king. Who knows, I might even fall into a double squeeze (lefty diamonds, rightee clubs, so nobody can stop my heart 7), although it will be hard to throw away the heart jack from dummy. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted October 24, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2003 I'm sorry, there's a typing error: you dont have S9, but S8. I'll change it in the first post... And I don't know my opponent, so I don't know how he leads against slam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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