Gerben42 Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 [hv=d=s&v=n&n=sa643hajt6daqck52&s=skj8hqdjt94caq743]133|200|Scoring: IMP[/hv] 1♣ - 1♥2♣ - 2♦*3NT - 6♣ Lead: ♥7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matmat Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 hehfinesser's paradise. edit -- you can try to set up some sort of a squeeze, but i think you need to get lucky in trump and still have something else work to make this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poky Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 I will try to set up a dummy reversal. ♥A♥J ruffed (covered or not)♦ to ♦Q a ) if RHO takes and returns hearts, I'll follow my initial plan, my entries are intact b ) if RHO takes and return diamonds killing an entry♣AKQ♦J10-> ♥/♠ squeeze on LHO or ♠finesse or ♥/♠ show-up squeeze on RHO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted February 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Poky, what if RHO doesn't take ♦Q? Mat² what do you make of the lead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matmat Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Poky, what if RHO doesn't take ♦Q? Mat² what do you make of the lead? the smartass answer would be, the same thing i make of the auction. it would help to know if they lead 3/L or 4th or 2/4 or what... I suppose it could be a stiff, but it seems somewhat unlikely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poky Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Poky, what if RHO doesn't take ♦Q? Hmm. Now I have additional chances. Probably I will play:♦A♣K♣ARun ♦J if not covered (throwing spades)... What happens? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 I'd play low at trick one, with the idea of making (assuming trumps break) when the heart is right, or SQ is doubleton, or spades are 3-3, or the diamond is right. (I was going to say something about a showup squeeze as well, but that needs LHO to be 4=2=6=2.) The alternatives I considered and rejected are: - Cash two top spades and take a ruffing finesse in hearts. If it loses, I'll need the diamond finesse and may also need to ruff a diamond in dummy, so I can't draw more than one trump. - Ruff a heart (trying to tempt a cover first) and take a diamond finesse. If it wins, hope it keeps winning. If it loses, realise that I have insufficient entries for a dummy reversal and revert to the spade finesse. I wouldn't place much reliance on the spot card they led - it's dummy's first-bid suit, after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFA Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Small heart at T1 for me too. No particular reason to believe that the ♥K is wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 I hope that my RHO doesn't have seven hearts to the KING, so I duck this trick. If RHO wins the king, I will play for clubs to be friendly. This gives me 3♥ tricks (after losing the king), 5♣ and 2♠ and 1♦ off the top (again assuming clubs behave). I can then combine chances in spades and diamond. A possible line is... 1. ♥ loses to king. 2. ♥ back, pitch a diamond, win in dummy. 3-5. ♣'s. (clubs must split if heart king lost)6. ♠K7. ♠A (has spade queen fallen.. if so claim, if not8-9. ♥AJ (pitch ♠Jack and a diamond10. ♠ ruff (did spade split 3-3, if so claim), if not, then hook ♦ king This line seems to work when clubs behave and1. ♥ king is on side (i can give up a diamond and take 2H, 2S, 3D, 5C)2. ♥ king offside and spade queen doubleton anywhere3. ♥ king offside and spades 3-34. ♥ king offside, spades 4-2 no doubleton queen, but ♦ king onside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted February 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 HIDDEN what I did (didn't work too well though). I thought the King was likely to be offside, so I took the Ace, and played another discarding a Spade. When this lost to the King, LHO returned a Diamond to the Queen, which won. Now Ace of Diamonds, 2 rounds of trumps and a ruffing finesse in Diamonds, overruffed for 1 down. Anyway congratulations to my opponent who found the lead that gave me a problem. I guess I should stop listening to my intuition. Apparently I don't have any. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 The lead smells a big Rat, this auction is blatantly asking for a spade or diamond lead. win ♥Q, and try ♦ finese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 I'd play low at trick one, with the idea of making (assuming trumps break) when the heart is right, or SQ is doubleton, or spades are 3-3, or the diamond is right. (I was going to say something about a showup squeeze as well, but that needs LHO to be 4=2=6=2.) The alternatives I considered and rejected are: - Cash two top spades and take a ruffing finesse in hearts. If it loses, I'll need the diamond finesse and may also need to ruff a diamond in dummy, so I can't draw more than one trump. - Ruff a heart (trying to tempt a cover first) and take a diamond finesse. If it wins, hope it keeps winning. If it loses, realise that I have insufficient entries for a dummy reversal and revert to the spade finesse. I wouldn't place much reliance on the spot card they led - it's dummy's first-bid suit, after all. This is what I was thinking too. Couldn't have said it better myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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