Phil Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 Little gem from the acbl tourney tonight: [hv=n=stxxhakjdktxxcqxx&w=sq98hxxxdaxxxxcxx&e=skxxhxxxxxdqjxcxx&s=sajxxhqtd9cakjtxx]399|300|[/hv] 6♣ by South. Want to play or defend this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vuroth Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 I hate these play/defends, because there's always one more clever play that you never see that flips it to the other side. I'm stupendously rusty, but I'm going to guess that you want to defend. If defense rises with the A♦ on a low ♦ to the K, you'll get 3 ♠ discards - one on ♥, one on the K♦, and one on the T♦ after you promote it. If defense ducks the first ♦ trick, I can't see declarer escaping 2 ♠ losers. I don't see a squeeze or endplay that works. Admittedly, though, I'm not very good at squeezes. It's a neat problem, with lots of interesting ideas possible, but it feels like I'm missing the key bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 I wanna defend, there is no spade/diamond squeeze for lack of an entry to dummy's diamond threat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtvesuvius Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 I'm SOOO close!! But I think I'll have to defend. When I get the trump lead, I draw trump and lead a ♦ to dummy. LHO must duck this. Now I can win in dummy and ruff a ♦ back, now a ♥ to dummy and another ♦ ruff. Leaving this: [hv=n=stxhajdtcq&w=sq9xhxdaxc&e=skxxhxxxdc&s=sajxhqdcaj]399|300|[/hv]Now I can cash 2♣ in hand pitching 1♠ from dummy, but when I lead the 2nd heart, I will be in the wrong hand, even though West has to come down to Qx♠. The other option is to ditch the ♦ from your hand, but it won't matter since there are not suffecient entries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoi5 Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 I want to play (edited: 5♣). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_KARLUK Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 Hi Phil :( Am i mistaken? Tho i checked entries 2Sp and a D loser. Say we have a chance to park one of them to H. (If I start with Sp ten K will cover, if I start low Sp 2nd hand low).Waiting you enlighten me please. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G_R__E_G Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 If the defense promises to be nice enough to lead a spade or the ♦A then I'll play. Otherwise, I'd prefer to defend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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