vuroth Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 [hv=d=e&v=e&n=saqt5hkj9da76ca72&s=sk98743h62djtckj4]133|200|Scoring: IMP[/hv] West North East South - - 1♦ 1♠ Pass 4♠ Pass Pass Pass 5♦ led. Apologies if I have overlooked something, or if this hand isn't as instructive/interesting as I hope it is. V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOL Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 Not sure if this is what you had in mind since it is pretty straightforward but: I would win the diamond ace, pull trumps, and lead a heart to the 9. Win the return and then try a heart to the jack. If this lost I would fall back on the club finesse. I lose only when the QT of hearts are off and the CQ is off (keep in mind the HA is 99 % off, and even if it is onside the CQ is 100 % on then). I could only ever pick up the AQT of hearts and CQ offside if RHO had a doubleton or singleton club and i stripped out the diamonds and clubs and exited a heart, but that is pretty random to play for and loses to layouts where the HT (but not Q) is onside and the CQ is offside with RHO having 3/4 clubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vuroth Posted January 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 In answer to jlol: Straightforward though it may be, 4 spades making was worth 90% of the mps in the ACBL game last night. I strongly suspect that 9 out of every 10 went for the straightforward club finesse. So yeah, the heart line was what I was looking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benoit35 Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 Amazing how many players choose/guess one out of two finesses, when they could be trying both. Even worse here, when we can try three without risk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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