cherdano Posted October 14, 2007 Report Share Posted October 14, 2007 We haven't had any in a while:[hv=n=sj932&w=s&e=s&s=saq84]399|300|[/hv]Best play for 3 tricks. For 4 tricks. At matchpoints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossoneri Posted October 14, 2007 Report Share Posted October 14, 2007 For 3 tricks, I think it would be lead small towards the Q. Then whatever happens play A and J. This will fail to get 3 tricks only if singleton K is offside. (And Txxx on the other side) For 4 tricks, I think the same line should work.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted October 14, 2007 Report Share Posted October 14, 2007 Rossoneri, your line also fails when K10xx is onside. For 3 tricks a small improvement can be made by cashing the ace first. For four tricks your solution is fine but leading the jack and later finessing the 10 is just as good But at matchpoints leading low to the queen is best I think, that is, I think it has the highest expectation. But I could be wrong... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted October 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2007 Apparently it is not so well-known, no answer is correct yet... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted October 14, 2007 Report Share Posted October 14, 2007 I think the best play for 3 tricks, which is very difficult for BI players, is to lead toward the queen, and if it holds lead back toward the jack in dummy but if it loses cash the ace next. This only loses to stiff king offside, whereas playing the ace first loses to half of stiff 5 6 and 7 on either side (since you have to guess on the second round which way they are breaking 4-1) so it's 3 times worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted October 14, 2007 Report Share Posted October 14, 2007 For 4 tricks it seems good to lead low to the Q, followed by a guess as to what ended up singleton now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted October 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 I think the best answer hasn't been given yet. There a different possible answers to both of the first two question, but one line answers them both and thus is always the technically correct one if you don't have any clues about the distribution. Lead low to the queen. If it loses to the K, cash the ace next (you pay off to singleton K). If the queen wins, you reenter dummy and play low to the 8.This makes 4 tricks when K, KT, Kx or Kxxx (no ten) is onside, and makes 3 tricks unless there is singleton K off-side. I don't think I think I have seen this line before, but for no particular reason I started thinking about this combination last weekend. The suit combination looks very common, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 Actually, the one that appears in the dictionary doesn't have the 8. Without it, the book play is finesse + guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmunte1 Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 For 3 tricks: Finesse to Q, if it wins go to dummy and finesse again to the 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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