alansc Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 [hv=d=n&v=b&n=saj10xhaxdqxcq108xx&s=sqxxhqj10xdakxcxxx]133|200|Scoring: IMPPlan the play on low diamond lead. If you play A and another H, they continue diamonds.[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 Rethinking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascade Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 Assume 3NT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echognome Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 I'm gonna win the Q and knock out the spade first by playing a spade to the J. If it loses and a diamond comes back, then i will strand the diamonds for now and play A and another heart. Then... If the ♠J loses to the K, I am pretty much home. Since I will win the second diamond and knock out the ♥. I will then have the ♠Q as an entry for the third diamond. And will have 3♠, 3♥, and 3♦. If the ♠J wins (and it should by best defense I would think), then I will play A and another ♥. I will cash my ♥s pitching two ♣ and then strand my ♦ trick for now and play a spade to the T. Now... If the ♠T loses to the K, I may go down on this hand. The ♠ are still blocked and I am going to have a hard time collecting all my tricks. However, if they play a ♦, then I will win the ♦A and hope that spades are 3-3. If they return a spade I am in a bit of trouble no matter how they break. So I think that now I will win in hand and play a club to the T. If the ♠T wins, then I will cash ♠A and if they don't break I will just exit a spade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascade Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 I'm gonna win the Q and knock out the spade first by playing a spade to the J. If it loses and a diamond comes back, then i will strand the diamonds for now and play A and another heart. Then... If the ♠J loses to the K, I am pretty much home. Since I will win the second diamond and knock out the ♥. I will then have the ♠Q as an entry for the third diamond. And will have 3♠, 3♥, and 3♦. If the ♠J wins (and it should by best defense I would think), then I will play A and another ♥. I will cash my ♥s pitching two ♣ and then strand my ♦ trick for now and play a spade to the T. Now... If the ♠T loses to the K, I may go down on this hand. The ♠ are still blocked and I am going to have a hard time collecting all my tricks. However, if they play a ♦, then I will win the ♦A and hope that spades are 3-3. If they return a spade I am in a bit of trouble no matter how they break. So I think that now I will win in hand and play a club to the T. If the ♠T wins, then I will cash ♠A and if they don't break I will just exit a spade. ... What if you have three club losers while you go about this? Oh and did you really mean ♠J as that is in the same hand as the ♦ Q where you win trick one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echognome Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 ... What if you have three club losers while you go about this? Will listen to suggestions about what I can about that... I guess there might be some variants in certain circumstances. Haven't thought about those yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echognome Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 Oh and did you really mean ♠J as that is in the same hand as the ♦ Q where you win trick one? Good point. But I will stick by playing the ♠J from dummy then at Trick 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascade Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 ... What if you have three club losers while you go about this? Will listen to suggestions about what I can about that... I guess there might be some variants in certain circumstances. Haven't thought about those yet. Well you can knockout the heart first and then bank on the spade finesse if they take three clubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianshark Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 Edit: never mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimG Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 Well you can knockout the heart first and then bank on the spade finesse if they take three clubs. Can the defenders, when in with the heart, take three club tricks without setting up two club tricks for declarer's side? Two clubs, three diamonds, three hearts and one spade gets you home. I think the spade kings needs to be onside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 Earlier I played with leading the ♠J and 10 from the board. This gives me an extra entry to hand for the hearts, but it tangles my spade tricks. As others have indicated, if everything is foul, then the defense looks poised to take 3♣ and two major kings. Maybe even a diamond or 2 with the tempo. At first I thought this was an entry-management hand, but now I'm not so sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alansc Posted February 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 What I did at the table was play Ace and another heart. Win the diamond return and played a spade to the 10 hoping they would return a diamond if it lost. If it lost, I was hoping for a diamond return(which is what happened). If it won, I was leading a spade off dummy. A hard hand when you have nine tricks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alansc Posted February 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 Forgot to mention, the HK was on my left. If it was on my right, I probably would have led the SQ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 What I did at the table was play Ace and another heart. Win the diamond return and played a spade to the 10 hoping they would return a diamond if it lost. If it lost, I was hoping for a diamond return(which is what happened). If it won, I was leading a spade off dummy. A hard hand when you have nine tricks. You cashed your hearts when you were in hand with the 2nd diamond right? The board doesn't get squoze yet. It seems this line can easily strand you in dummy if the spade hook wins. I suppose you have to guess the ♠K. If its on your left, you'd want to lead the ♠Q, preparing to endplay someone with the 4th spade or hoping they are 3-3. If its on your right, low to the J then low back to hand looks best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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