Free Posted July 12, 2007 Report Share Posted July 12, 2007 [hv=d=n&n=saq9xhaqxxxxdaxxc&s=skt8xhkdkjxcajtxx]133|200|Scoring: MP[/hv] You end up in 6♠ played by South (opps silent). LHO leads ♣K. The obvious way to make the contract is to play on ♥. So you take ♣A, and play ♥K followed by a small ♠ to the Queen. When you play a low ♥, RHO shows out! How do you continue your play at MATCHPOINTS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtfanclub Posted July 12, 2007 Report Share Posted July 12, 2007 Geez, what was I doing, trying for an overtrick? Assuming you sluffed a diamond on trick 1, play the king of hearts, a diamond to dummy, play a low heart. When RHO shows out, you can get 8 spade ruffs, a heart, a two diamonds, and a club. A club ruffing finesse on trick 4 will hopefully establish trick 13 before it can get ruffed out. I guess if I did that, we wouldn't have this problem! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted July 12, 2007 Report Share Posted July 12, 2007 Why would you not be trying for an overtrick in MP? Anyways, I would cash the SK. If LHO shows out I will play a spade to dummy and start running hearts and probably end up needing a diamond hook unless something interesting happens. If RHO shows out I would finesse the spade, pull trumps and run hearts and probably just play ace of diamonds king of diamonds in the end unless something interesting happened. If they're 3-2 I'd play the jack of clubs pitching a diamond if not covered or ruffing if covered and then pulling the trumps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch Posted July 12, 2007 Report Share Posted July 12, 2007 You only have 7 hearts between the hands. They are unlikely to be 3-2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bid_em_up Posted July 12, 2007 Report Share Posted July 12, 2007 You only have 7 hearts between the hands. They are unlikely to be 3-2 I think he means if spades were 3-2, as the lines of play given were based 1) if LHO showed out on 2nd round of spades2) if RHO showed out on 2nd round of spades and3) if 3-2 (spades) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foo Posted July 12, 2007 Report Share Posted July 12, 2007 [NORTHSOUTH=North,????,MP,AQ9x AQxxxx Axx -KT8x K KJx AJTxx You end up in 6♠ played by South (opps silent). LHO leads ♣K. The obvious way to make the contract is to play on ♥. So you take ♣A, and play ♥K followed by a small ♠ to the Queen. When you play a low ♥, RHO shows out! How do you continue your play at MATCHPOINTS? The bad 5:1 ♥ break suggests some declarers are going to down down here.I'm not sure I should be trying for an overtrick. Also, why did RHO merely show out rather than ruffing and forcing me to over-ruff? For W to have "the Rabbi" of ♣'s, the stiff K, ♣'s would have to be 1:7I don't think this is likely. Let's test ♣'s and get the shapes around the table defined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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