Play problem

[Gerben42]

After successfully reaching 6♦ (see

Bid this in your favorite system in the non-natural systems thread how you got there - opponents were silent)

 

you do not receive the actual lead that I got (which made things easy), but a non-descript small ♠ instead. You now see:

 

[hv=n=skxxxxhqjxdxcak8x&s=shaxdaqjt9xxxcqxx]133|200|[/hv]

 

What's your plan?

[kgr]

I would try ♠K that looses to RHO's A and I ruff.

I cross to dummy with ♣A and take the ♦ finesse, that looses to LHO's K. (or ♦ are 3-1).

LHO plays another ♠ that I ruff. Now I play all ♦'s except one:

-

QJ

-

Kxx

vs

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Ax

x

Qx

Now I play ♣Q and ♣ to the K (on which I see that clubs are 4-2). I now try the finesse in ♥ and this looses to LHO's K.

...Bad luck or bad play? :D

My feeling is that squeezing LHO (4 ♣'s and ♦K) is worse as you can't test clubs to be 3-3.

Also playing on a double squeeze (LHO ♥K, RHO ♠A and both clubs) - does it work? - seems to be worse as you can't try ♠K.

And you don't have enough entries to dummy to ruff out the ♠A.

[mghmaine]

Ruff S. Play C to K and take D finesse. Ruff second S. Draw trump and cash CQ. Run Ds.

In 5-card ending dummy has SK, HQJ, CA8. I have HAX, Dxx, Cx. When I play 2nd to last D I pitch SK (unless of course LHO pitches S ACE :)). On last D LHO is squeezed between his HKx and C109.

[ArcLight]

Spade K, I dont plan on a squeeze play or throw in. I dont expect teh K to make, but try it as theer is no cost.

 

Club to King.

 

Finesse a Diamond. (2-2 with king onside or 3-1 with stiff K with East and we make)

 

Pull trumps when in. Assume a trump lost.

 

cash Club Q.

 

Club to Ace.

Were Clubs 3-3? If so discard small heart.

I suppose if East has played the 9 and 10 you can finesse.

 

If not take heart finesse.