Rossoneri Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 [hv=d=s&v=e&n=sqxxhkxdjxxcajt98&s=skxxhqt87xdaxxckx]133|200|Scoring: IMPBidding went 1NT-3NT.[/hv] How would you play if the lead was 1) 2 of ♣ (East contributes the Q to this trick) 2) a small ♠ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 The club lead is clearly non-standard: can you tell us what their leading agreements are? on the club lead, life is simple: I have five club tricks, one diamond, one spade (eventually) and need two heart tricks; however I really need two heart tricks quickly. I win the king of clubs, play a heart to the king and, if that holds, guess hearts right on the way back. If the HK loses to the ace and they play a diamond, I duck a couple of diamonds, win the third, and decide what to do next (I need to know who plays what in what order on this start to the play). On a spade lead things are fairly dire. I would have to assume that clubs are running, so would be in the same position. Win the spade in hand (I want to be in hand anyway) and play a heart to the king. If that loses and a diamond comes back I'm probably obliged to rise ace, king of clubs, club to dummy, run clubs and take a heart finesse. There's no point looking for a second spade trick, it doesn't obviously help me, and I look stupid if they can take 3 spade tricks now. If the HK holds, I will continue with a heart to the 10 as I have the additional chance of 4 heart tricks plus the club finesse for 9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossoneri Posted November 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2008 Leading agreements are supposed to be standard. How would you guess the hearts? I led small to the K taken by the A, King of D led next, which I ducked and now back comes....a low heart! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch Posted November 19, 2008 Report Share Posted November 19, 2008 Leading agreements are supposed to be standard. How would you guess the hearts? I led small to the K taken by the A, King of D led next, which I ducked and now back comes....a low heart! Dunno. That's the advantage of replying online, I can just casually explain that I'm going to guess them correctly without saying how. If LHO has led a 5-card club suit, and RHO has the KQ of diamonds (as seems likely), then if he's also got the ace of spades, he's always going to return a heart here. The main reason to put the 10 in, is that even if we put in the 8 and it loses to the jack, we don't actually have 9 tricks... we have 2 hearts, 5 clubs and a diamond. Mind you, if RHO actually has Axx A9xx KQ10xx Q (say) he's squeezed on the run of the clubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted November 19, 2008 Report Share Posted November 19, 2008 Mind you, if RHO actually has Axx A9xx KQ10xx Q (say) he's squeezed on the run of the clubs. No he isn't. LHO wins ♥J and returns a diamond. On the run of the clubs, RHO just keeps winners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossoneri Posted November 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 Leading agreements are supposed to be standard. How would you guess the hearts? I led small to the K taken by the A, King of D led next, which I ducked and now back comes....a low heart! Dunno. That's the advantage of replying online, I can just casually explain that I'm going to guess them correctly without saying how. If LHO has led a 5-card club suit, and RHO has the KQ of diamonds (as seems likely), then if he's also got the ace of spades, he's always going to return a heart here. The main reason to put the 10 in, is that even if we put in the 8 and it loses to the jack, we don't actually have 9 tricks... we have 2 hearts, 5 clubs and a diamond. Pretty good reading of the hand, this was precisely what RHO had. The other table ran the clubs first and dropped the offside doubleton J♥. The question is, which line is better, to run the ♣s or to play on the ♥s? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.