pclayton Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 My teammate had played 3N on the following cards last night: [hv=d=n&v=n&n=s3hakq7dajckt8732&s=sk952h952dkq832c4]133|200|Scoring: IMP[/hv] Auction: 1♣ - 1♠ - 2♥ - 2N - 3♣ - 3N. Your LHO is John Swanson who leads the A♠, low (discouraging) from RHO. A low diamond is played at T2. Plan the play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo81 Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 Cash the ♦AJ and play 4 rounds of hearts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted March 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 Cash the ♦AJ and play 4 rounds of hearts. What if hearts are 5-1? Isn't it better to try the hearts before the ♦A-J? Anyway, they aren't. LHO shows out and pitched a middle club on the 3rd heart. Proceed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 Seems like double dummy your best chance is to hope for a 3-3 diamond split. However, this is a tough hand for the opponents, especially RHO may well play a spade at some point. I think I will play the diamond jack and ace (hiding the diamond lay-out from RHO, the opponent that will most likely make the mistake). Then I exit with a club. It isn't clear to me yet if it is better to play the king or low. The king seems to be the best play in isolation, and it might also hide the club layout better. On the other hand, if I play low then they may not be able to cash their clubs before exiting in hearts and they might be endplayed to give me the contract even if hearts split 4-2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 Darn, I like Noble's line better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo81 Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 Cash the ♦AJ and play 4 rounds of hearts. What if hearts are 5-1? Isn't it better to try the hearts before the ♦A-J? Anyway, they aren't. LHO shows out and pitched a middle club on the 3rd heart. Proceed. yes, yes better to play ♦A, 2 top hearts, then ♦J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 Anyway, they aren't. LHO shows out and pitched a middle club on the 3rd heart. A middle club? Gotta be the 6. (5 is the lowest and the 9 is significant). Noble's heart exit still looks good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted March 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 Here's the entire layout: [hv=d=n&v=n&n=s3hakq7dajckt8732&w=saqt6hj6dt765ca65&e=sj874ht843d94cqj9&s=sk952h952dkq832c4]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv] My teammate played 3 hearts, then ♦, ♦ (overtaking in hand). -1. The hand is nearly cold if you play along Noble's line. Three top hearts, then two top diamonds. You can exit a club or a heart at this point. Say you play a heart. They can't play a spade or a diamond, so a club lead comes from your right, You specifically need Ax on your left and QJ9x to go down. Exiting with a middle club works just as well I guess. A club spells doom if LHO has Q(J) x. At least a middle club forces RHO to play the 9, but then is stuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halo Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 I would have cashed AJ of diamonds and exited with a club. Looks good whenever its not A to four in clubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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