catch22 Posted April 14, 2007 Report Share Posted April 14, 2007 [hv=d=n&v=b&n=skjt8hakq54d42ca9&s=sa964h76dk98cj842]133|200|Scoring: IMP4S by S K♣ lead[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwingo Posted April 14, 2007 Report Share Posted April 14, 2007 How about A & K of trumps and then run the ♥'s discarding ♦'s. Hoping trumps 3-2 and the Opps use trump Q to ruff your 4th ♥. You lose 1♦, 1♠ & a ♥. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_c Posted April 14, 2007 Report Share Posted April 14, 2007 I'd probably win the ♣A and run the ♠J immediately. If the ♠J loses to the queen then I'm basically playing for hearts to be 3-3, but there will be some additional chances that I can work out later. If the ♠J holds then I'll run the ♠T next. Again, I haven't worked out all the chances but it looks pretty good. (It's probably guaranteed at this point unless trumps are 1-4). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temp3600 Posted April 14, 2007 Report Share Posted April 14, 2007 How did East signal on the first trick? If it looks like he has 3 clubs or more, I run the ♣9 at trick two. If not I run the ♠J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catch22 Posted April 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 3♣ - There were playing reverse count Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowerline Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 ♣A, then ♠J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe de Balliol Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 Win, cash two top trumps ending on table, and run the club. Am hoping to pitch diamonds from table on the club winners. J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 Win the A♣, cash the ♠K, and run the ♠J. Lots of permutations, as usual. If the ♠Q drops on the K, then abandon trump and run the ♣9. If the ♠Q appears on my right on the second round, win the A, cross in ♥s and run the ♣9, leaving a trump out temporarily. If the ♠Q wins the next trick, with RHO showing in, then he probably returns a major.. altho he may be able to play ♣Q and a ♣, making me guess whether to ruff or pitch... I'd ruff and then play on ♥s... again, the permutations are too numerous to fully detail. If the trump finesse wins, and LHO shows in, I'd draw the last trump and play a ♥ to dummy and run the ♣9. What I do after that depends on what happens If the trump finesse wins and LHO shows out, I run the ♣9 immediately, leaving Qx of trump outstanding. This is an ugly scenario, and is the main reason for at least considering taking a first round trump finesse.. 4-1 onside with Qxxx is far more likely than stiff Q offside... but if the J wins, I'm probably going to cash the K next anyway, and that gets me back to the equivalent position, except that now I will have lost to the stiff Q if it exists offside. Anyway... further thought might persuade me to change this line, but I try to solve these in the time I'd spend at the table..... altho I type one heck of a lot more slowly than I think... not because I think fast but because I type slow :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo81 Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 ♣A ♠K run ♠J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catch22 Posted April 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 West held [hv=d=&v=&s=sq752h82da763ckq3]133|100|[/hv] Partner had just gone to the bar and Martin Hoffman sat in to play dummy's cards. So, no pressure there. I played A♣ K♠ J♠. I wasn't sure my line was the best line at the time and I'm still not sure. Martin H passed no judgement :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.