han Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 [hv=d=s&v=n&n=sxhkqjxxd10xxxcqxx&s=saqjxxxhaxdkqcxxx]133|200|Scoring: MPSouth declares 2S[/hv] A low heart is lead, plan the play. Second part hidden: Suppose you win the ace of hearts in hand, cash the ace of spades and play a heart to the king, everybody following. You hopefully play the queen of hearts but west ruffs with the 9. Now what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simplicity Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 ♥A, ♠A, ♥ to the K, ♥Q from dummy pitching a ♣. If hearts are 3-3, should lose only 1♦,2♣, and 1or2♠s If the ops ruff in i still have chances tho i may need to guess the position when the defences final heart is played Second bit:Seems LHO started with one of KT9x, K9x, T9x or 9x in spades. When RHO plays his final heart i can't do anything about KT9x, with 9x on my left and KTxx on my right the defence could have cashed 3 minor winners and locked me in hand with a diamond for an endplay. So i'll accommadate a 3-3 split - looks like restricted choice to me, hopefully LHO has K9x and i'll make a discard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo81 Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 Play as in your second part, then: what happens after West ruffs? It's his play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vuroth Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 I confess that this is the kind of hand that I really struggle with as declarer. There are a lot of possibilities, so it's hard to see where to start, and barring a lot of luck the defense is getting in. Most often, I just try the first thing that comes to mind, and hope defense offer me a gift. Hence, I probably play AH, AS, QS, which I suppose isn't very good. I'm curious to see if there's some approach or concept I'm missing on this hand, or if I'm just being overly lazy. So I'll be reading with great interest.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted June 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 Oh wait sorry, it is east that ruffs, not west. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BebopKid Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 I would take the A♥ Lead the A♠Then J♠. I'm hoping for K♠ to be east and that he ducks.If successful, play the Q♠. Thinking the most likely split is 33 with 6-1 being shown. Now I can play the hearts when I get back in control. Losing 1♠, 1♦, and 3♣. I see no other play having a better chance of success, so I must play it this way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 There isn't a right answer to this sort of problem, it depends on opponents. I admit I am also a trump drawer: ace of hearts, ace of spades, jack of spades and hope for the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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