kgr Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 Vugraph can be interesting.xx vs AQ9xx the best play is small to the 9. Never thought about that before.tx Roland! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnszsun Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 You can catch one more chance JTx on side by playing 9 first than Q first. It's indeed tricky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Marlowe Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 More general:For a card combination, if only one card ismissing to a classical double finesse positionsuch as AQT or KJ9, treat the combination similar, if you want to play the suit for themax. number of possible tricks. i.e. having KJ8 oppossite xx, small to the 8is still the best way to get the max. number of tricks. With kind regardsMarlowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgr Posted June 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 having KJ8 oppossite xx, small to the 8is still the best way to get the max. number of tricks. Agree having KJ8x vs xxxbut with KJ8 vs xx:You play to the 8 and loose most of the time from 9 or T. That will leave you with a guess on KJ vs x.Looks better to play small to the J the first time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walddk Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 [hv=n=sj103&w=s76&e=saq952&s=sk84]399|300|[/hv] This was the diamond layout. Peter Fredin from Sweden played the 6 to the 9 when Chagas followed small. The rest was easy, and Henner gained 12 IMPs (10 tricks in 3NT vs. 3♦ -1 in the closed room). Indeed a classic play among experts, but you still need to do it at the table. Let's assume that dummy has no outside entry, then South can prevent declarer from getting 4 tricks by ducking. However, Villas Boas knew that ♠K was an entry, so it wouldn't have helped. Declarer just cashes the ace and clears the suit. Roland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 J103 76 AQ952 K84 This was the diamond layout. Peter Fredin from Sweden played the 6 to the 9 when Chagas followed small. The rest was easy, and Henner gained 12 IMPs (10 tricks in 3NT vs. 3♦ -1 in the closed room). Indeed a classic play among experts, but you still need to do it at the table. Let's assume that dummy has no outside entry, then South can prevent declarer from getting 4 tricks by ducking. However, Villas Boas knew that ♠K was an entry, so it wouldn't have helped. Declarer just cashes the ace and clears the suit. Roland Um, do you really think an expert might miss this at the table? EDIT: I thought W was dummy, not East. Arend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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