Free Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 [hv=d=s&n=sqt42hj952djt3cj7&s=sakj7hda984cakqt3]133|200|Scoring: IMP[/hv] Bidding (not produced by me or any of my partners, so don't argue about that plz :D ):1♣* - 2♥ - Dbl - 3♥6♠ - all pass(* is forcing: natural or some strong balanced hands) You end up in 6♠ by South. LHO leads ♥Q. Plan the play, preferably the safest line :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 [hv=d=s&n=sqt42hj952djt3cj7&s=sakj7hda984cakqt3]133|200|Scoring: IMP[/hv] Bidding (not produced by me or any of my partners, so don't argue about that plz :D ):1♣* - 2♥ - Dbl - 3♥6♠ - all pass(* is forcing: natural or some strong balanced hands) You end up in 6♠ by South. LHO leads ♥Q. Plan the play, preferably the safest line :rolleyes: We start with 5 clubs, 4 spades, the A♦ and the ♥ ruff for 11. By the way, what is this Q lead? Is it from AKQ? KQ (rusinow) or KQT? It might matter, so ask. For this hand, I'll assume its AKQ. Ruff the heart, club to J, pass the J♦. 1. If covered; cash the AK of trump: A. If they break, draw the last trump, run the clubs pitching 3 hearts and concede a ♦ for 12. B. If trump don't break, knock out the ♦ while we still have trump control - exactly HOW we knock out the diamond matters (read down), because if they tap the closed hand (after ♥ruff, ♣J, ♦J, Q (A), ♠AK, ♦ conceded), the hand becomes the most interesting. To knock out the ♦ play the ♦9 leaving RHO with a Hobson's choice: if he wins, I have a dummy re-entry to draw the trump (after the closed hand is tapped), and if he ducks, the ♦9 is trick #12 If the ♦J wins, I have my 12th trick immediately. 2. If the diamond LOSES: A. The best defense is a heart tapping the closed hand. Now I need to ruff high, cash the K♠ and overtake the J with the Q and (hopefully draw the last trump with the ♠10). The 2nd heart trick becomes my 12th trick. I can't see how I can combine losing the ♦ with 4-1 trump. B. If LHO goes passive with a trump or a club after winning the ♦, rely on the 2nd ♦ hook for #12. Note we need to risk the ♦ hook immediately after trump. If it loses kindly ask LHO why he made a jump overcall with a 14 count. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blofeld Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 The two lines that immediately appeal are ruffing two hearts, or taking the double diamond finesse. If we ruff two hearts then we need two entries to dummy - one to ruff the second heart, and one to pull trumps at the end. There's an entry in clubs, but we'd need to use a trump for the second entry, which would mean that we'd only have 3 high trumps to clear the opponents' with. So that needs trumps 3-2 and no club void. The double diamond finesse involves ruffing high, playing a high trump then a low one to the Q, then finessing ♦s. If this loses then we're ok so long as nobody has a club or diamond singletong, and trumps are 4-1 at worst (and at least 1 diamond honour is onside). --- But of course these lines lend themselves readily to combination. Ruff high, play a high trump then a low one to the Q. If trumps are 3-2 then you ruff another heart, and if not you play for the diamonds to come in. My play analysis isn't very good, but that's the best I can come up with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted October 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 I don't know what the ♥Q means, but it's definetly not important. LHO has another high one and the ♥T. It's probably some Russinov lead... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted October 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 The way Phil says is pretty nice, but I think it doesn't work. RHO has ♦KQxx so if you're playing ♦9 the hands will block if he continues a ♣. The only successful line of play is a small ♦ to the J at trick 2: this way you keep your entry to draw trumps, you keep communication between the hands, and you can handle a 4-1♠ split. Only problem is when LHO has ♦Hxx and decides not to take it immediatly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowerline Posted October 27, 2006 Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 [hv=d=s&n=sqt42hj952djt3cj7&s=sakj7hda984cakqt3]133|200|Scoring: IMP[/hv] Bidding (not produced by me or any of my partners, so don't argue about that plz :) ):1♣* - 2♥ - Dbl - 3♥6♠ - all pass(* is forcing: natural or some strong balanced hands) You end up in 6♠ by South. LHO leads ♥Q. Plan the play, preferably the safest line :) I don't see how to deal with spades 4-1...I will ruff the lead. Play 2 rounds of spades ending in dummy and take the double diamond finesse. When RHO puts in the K/Q I will duck, playing him for KQ. I have one trump left in hand to ruff a heart continuation and the club jack as entry to draw the last trump and take the diamond finesse again. Steven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted October 27, 2006 Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 The way Phil says is pretty nice, but I think it doesn't work. RHO has ♦KQxx so if you're playing ♦9 the hands will block if he continues a ♣. The only successful line of play is a small ♦ to the J at trick 2: this way you keep your entry to draw trumps, you keep communication between the hands, and you can handle a 4-1♠ split. Only problem is when LHO has ♦Hxx and decides not to take it immediatly. LHO won't grab the ♦ from Hxx, and shouldn't from even Hx. Maybe double hooking diamonds was necessary on the actual layout (I'm guessing RHO had HHx or HHxx of diamonds and 4 trump), but leading diamonds from hand is really sub-optimal, unless you absolutely believe that LHO doesn't have an honor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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