Walddk Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 [hv=d=s&v=n&n=s85hj954d1096cq1072&s=s9hak87dakqj52ca4]133|200|Scoring: IMPS: 5DLead: SK[/hv]From the Hungarian Teams Championships on vugraph yesterday. As South you are in a delicate 5♦ on this auction: 2♣ 2♠ double* 4♠5♦ all pass * 0-1 control. West leads ♠K and continues with a spade to East's ace. If you ruff high and cash one top diamond, both opponents follow. Plan the play. Roland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggieb Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 I would cash the ♥A, then draw two rounds of trumps ending in dummy, and then play ♥K and another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syl Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 I ruff (high)+play the ace of trumps.Suppose they both follow. Small trump to dummy, then:A) If both follows hearts from top, if nothing interesting happens 3. heart hoping to find heartQ+clubK together, or if LHO won club guess...:) If LHO had 3 trumps heartJ from dummy, intending double finess.C) If RHO has 3 trumps club ace club, hoping KJ or KJx (or Kxx.... and duck) at LHO, and playing for heart drop if no success in clubs.Assuming hearts are 3-2 (2 on my left) double finessing or just running the jak and playing for drop if covered are equal chances, playing for the drop is slightly superior, the latter helps even when the Q falls from the other side.The advantege of the double finess is that it caters also DTxx onside-very inprobable if LHO had trump shortness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syl Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 To be honest trusting in clubs (intending to put the Q in if ducked) helps also when LHO has Kxxx and J drops from the other side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 If trumps re 3-1 I will try to find LHO with ♣K and ♣J third (♣A + ♣ to the queen before playing third trump) If they are 2-2 Lets try an endplay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnszsun Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 When lho had only one trump, we could also try endplay.Play 2nd trump, find that lho had only one trump. then, don't cash last one,Play 3 hearts, if lho has ♥Qxx and ♣J but not ♣K, he would be endplayed even if rho ruffing 3rd heart won't help. rho could also forget to ruff ♥Q when lho has both ♣K and ♣J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szalay Posted February 14, 2009 Report Share Posted February 14, 2009 I was the declarer in this board. And after 1st round of trump had a very difficult time which line to choose. I thought the elimination or combination (try Clubs first, double hook in Hearts if it lost) line are very close and tough to calculate exact odds. (Especially at early morning:-) I had a bit more information than u have: I was at the table.And I strongly believe that information (LHO is a very good player but isn't professional, could't hide his feeling; I know him very well) is helpful a lot, so thats why I chose the combination line, what is slightly worse than elimation - in armchair.May be. Or may be not:-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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