Echognome Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 Played last night with Phil against Justin and Aaron. I felt this hand was nicely played by Justin. See if you can match his good technique. [hv=d=e&v=n&n=skj9863h64daj6c72&s=sqhkq5dkqt85ck643]133|200|Scoring: IMP(1♥) - 1NT - (P) - 4♥(P) - 4♠ - All Pass[/hv]Opening lead: ♥2 (3rd/low against suits) T1: ♥2 - 4 - A - 5T2: ♦3 - ? Over to you. Hidden continuation: If you play the SQ or a spade to the Q, opponents will duck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggieb Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 I would win in dummy, play a spade to the Q, and if it holds, I would cash the hearts pitching a club and play the ♣K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerclee Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 lol 1N Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 I think you have two equivalent lines; win in dummy, spade to the Q. if it holds, we can play KQ hearts, ruffing the Q for style points and then the spade K, or we can win the spade in hand and exit the K of clubs, after cashing the hearts for a club pitch for more style points... I prefer the ruffing the good trick, personally, but to each his or her own. Actually, I suspect that you can even win in dummy and lead a club to the King... all lines need to hold the spade losers to 1 and, assuming the diamond is a stiff, as it seems likely to be, we need the club Ace onside...but I rate this as the 3rd choice. It feels as if I missed something, because I don't see anything special about this hand.... no doubt I will soon see what I am missing, when someone posts the chosen line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echognome Posted November 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 Maybe it wasn't that special, but it seemed nicely played to me at the time. The diamond is indeed singleton. If you ruff the ♥Q though, you will get style points, but go down. Here's the full deal:[hv=d=e&v=n&n=skj9863h64daj6c72&w=st74hj32d9742cqt5&e=sa52hat987d3caj98&s=sqhkq5dkqt85ck643]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv]If you ruff the ♥Q and play a top spade, East can win the A and exit a low club. You hop K, but now have no way to get back to dummy to draw trumps without getting a ruff. You can also take the alternative line suggested of playing a club to the K and then discarding on the ♥s to go for an overtrick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 yes, I was being a stylish moron and was rushing back to post an edit but you got there too fast.... ugh, (wiping egg off face) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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