jahol Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 Vulnerable against not, you have: KQ1073--xxx--KQx--Kx and open the bidding with one spade expecting some nice uncontested bidding exercise. But your leftie is not on the same wave length. Still... his bid of 4 hearts does not cause any kind of headache to your partner. 4NT is bid immediately, you respond 5 clubs (1 keycard from five for spade contract), then your leftie bid once more hearts on the fifth level and your partner six spades in a tempo. You LHO first lead is, not surprisingly, H Ace and the dummy is, not surprisingly, A842--x--Axx--AQJ109 Now, YOU are going to have some headache. After playing small, Jack falls down from the right and H King is led to the next trick. How do you play? For better convenience... Dummy: A842--x--Axx--AQJ109 You: KQ1073--xxx--KQx--Kx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echognome Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 Ok I'll bite. I have several possible lines. Line 1) Assume LHO has a 7 card heart suit and ruff low, virtually eliminating any problems in trumps (since laying down the A will pick up 4-0 onside. Or.. Line 2) Assume LHO has an 8 card heart suit and trumps are divided 4-0. Then I need to ruff with the ♠A and take an immediate spade hook so that I can repeat the finesse. (entries are not a problem) Or... Line 3) Assume LHO has an 8 card heart suit and there is Hxx on my right and a stiff J or T on my left. Then I need to ruff with the ♠A, play a spade to the K (or Q) and then return to dummy to hook spades. Or... Line 4) Assume LHO has an 8 card heart suit and there is JTx on my right and singleton small on my left. Then the play is exactly as in line 2. Or... Line 5) Assume LHO has an 8 card heart suit and trumps are split 2-2, where I need to ruff with the ♠A and simply play off my top 2 spades. Or... Line 6) Assume LHO has an 8 card heart suit and 3 trumps. Then my only chance is that they are JTx and I can ruff with the ♠9 and then play trumps from the top. Given the bidding and taking into account vacant spaces is not so easy. Looking at Richard Pavlicek's site, assuming an 8 card suit for west a 2-2 break is around 30%. The 3-1's onside are 45% in total, but they are divided between lines 3 and 4 so are around 22.5% each. The 4-0 onside is around 18%. The 3-1 offside that we can cater for is a very small %. Thus it seems the best line is the combination of 2 and 4 with gives around a 40% chance. Now let's just hope RHO doesn't follow suit to the 2nd heart! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bid_em_up Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 Ummm, its easier than that I think. Your spade spots are just good enough to handle the 4-0 break without having to take a first round finesse. The 7 in your hand allows you to cash one high spade first, just in case LHO has a stiff J. On this auction, I will never play for LHO to hold more than one spade. (I also expect LHO to hold at least 8 hearts.) Ruff Ace, small spade to K; you do not have to take a first round hook, LHO almost has to show out.....or his bidding makes no sense. Assume he shows out, cross to diamond A, spade 8, RHO must cover, you win as cheaply as possible, club K to the A, 2nd spade finesse (or again win if RHO covers), draw last trump, and claim. If LHO follows to the spade K, I will finesse on the 10 on the next round. And if LHO has managed to bid 5H on ♠Jxx(x) ♥AKQ10xxx(x)......I cry. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echognome Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 Ah. I missed the ♠T. That makes it much, much easier... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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