Apollo81 Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 none vul IMPs. Bidding was 2c 2d 2s 3s 4N 5c 6s ♠K74♥Q62♦Q8653♣42 ♠AQJ962♥AK♦K10♣AQ7 lead: ♥10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 Another odd hand for the BI, although this one isn't as complicated as some :rolleyes: I think I'd start with the ♦K. If they duck, I can unblock the heart, cross to the spade, pitch the diamond, hook the club, etc.. If LHO wins the diamond, he can't do anything detrimental. Lets say he returns a heart - as good as anything I suppose. I'll try a top spade. If they are 4-0, I can't efficiently use the 5th diamond and I need to fall back on the club hook. If both follow and I don't get an interesting spot like the 10 or 8, I'll play a diamond to the Queen, ruff a diamond high and play a spade to the board. There's a few more forks to deal with but thats my general approach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo81 Posted December 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 Another odd hand for the BI I wasnt sure which forum to post it in Probably should have picked Interesting Bridge Hands for that reason....I dont suppose theres a way to switch it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 ♥A, ♠A, ♥K, ♦T. If LHO has the Ace he's forked. EDIT: if RHO has the Ace, we'll have to rely on the ♣ finesse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo81 Posted December 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 I think I'd start with the ♦K. If they duck, I can unblock the heart, cross to the spade, pitch the diamond, hook the club, etc.. If LHO wins the diamond, he can't do anything detrimental. Lets say he returns a heart - as good as anything I suppose. I'll try a top spade. If they are 4-0, I can't efficiently use the 5th diamond and I need to fall back on the club hook. If both follow and I don't get an interesting spot like the 10 or 8, I'll play a diamond to the Queen, ruff a diamond high and play a spade to the board. There's a few more forks to deal with but thats my general approach. If I've done the math right, your suggestion is 67.5%. You win if diamonds are 3-3, or if diamonds are 4-2 and trumps are 2-2. You can fall back on the club finesse only if LHO hold the dA. Thus its about 50-50 half the time and about 75% half the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanor Fow Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 hmmm best I can see is to win the first ♥, play my other top ♥ then lead the ♦K. If this is ducked then I can cross to dummy with the ♠k and finesse the club giving me time to ruff a club (going down if the k♣ is offside and ♣ break 6-2 or both trumps break 4-0 and ♦7-1 with the long ♦ with the offside k♣). If is taken by left hand opponent, who is smart enough to not return a ♥, I win a trump in hand and cross to the q♦ if they break 5-1 or worse i will have to rely on the club finesse, ruff a ♦ high play, home if they break 3-3, otherwise play a trump to the king, if they break 2-2 i can set up 4-2 ♦, otherwise i have to rely on the club finesse. If they return a ♦ I play the same but cash a of trumps before crossing to the king of trumps. If right hand opponent takes the ace play goes as above unless they play a club when I take the ace and play as above excepting that I can no longer take the club finesse. I think this is better than finessing but quite sure of the odds. I'm sure there is a better line but i can't see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfay Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 Look's like a Morton's Fork to me. I'll cash the ♥K and lead the ♦10. Maybe I'm supposed to draw a round of trump first (but not 2). If RHO has the ♦A I guess I don't have the entries to try to establish the ♦ suit now so I'll have to finesse in clubs. If there's a way to preserve a fork, establishing diamonds, and the ♣ finesse then I don't see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 There's a fork, yes. The question is whether that's the best line, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwmonty Posted December 29, 2007 Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 I don't like any of the lines that rely heavily on a club finesse at any point. I think RHO would have doubled the 5C bid with almost any hand that included CK, so the finesse seems doomed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted December 29, 2007 Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 I don't like any of the lines that rely heavily on a club finesse at any point. I think RHO would have doubled the 5C bid with almost any hand that included CK, so the finesse seems doomed. Do you always Double on a King without any support? B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted December 29, 2007 Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 I don't like any of the lines that rely heavily on a club finesse at any point. I think RHO would have doubled the 5C bid with almost any hand that included CK, so the finesse seems doomed. Do you always Double on a King without any support? B) No but he would in a slam auction to get the lead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted December 30, 2007 Report Share Posted December 30, 2007 I don't like any of the lines that rely heavily on a club finesse at any point. I think RHO would have doubled the 5C bid with almost any hand that included CK, so the finesse seems doomed. Do you always Double on a King without any support? :rolleyes: No but he would in a slam auction to get the lead. he'd tell himself to lead away from a king? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted December 30, 2007 Report Share Posted December 30, 2007 I don't like any of the lines that rely heavily on a club finesse at any point. I think RHO would have doubled the 5C bid with almost any hand that included CK, so the finesse seems doomed. Do you always Double on a King without any support? :) No but he would in a slam auction to get the lead. he'd tell himself to lead away from a king?RHO had the chance to double 5♣. We are playing the hand. That makes LHO the opening leader. I posted a handy link for you: Wiki article on who makes the Opening Lead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benlessard Posted December 30, 2007 Report Share Posted December 30, 2007 At a quick glance I think ill play TD at trick 2. If RHO has the A his best return his clubs wich will forme me to take club finesse. But if he misdefend I can play 1 trump in my hand unblock H and D play trump to the K. If trumps are 2-2 i can Ruff a D high. otherwise ill take the club finesse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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