jonottawa Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 [hv=d=n&v=b&n=sqjt5hk42da9764c3&s=sa8ha93dq5cakt976]133|200|Scoring: IMPP-P-1♣-P1♠-P-2NT-P3NT-Float[/hv] ♥5 Lead (Opps are random BBO 'experts') Auction ok? Is there a clearly best line? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 Think I've seen this before, but... If the lead is a 4th best, it seems you can afford to play 3 rounds of clubs and then setup a spade. If all goes well, opps make 2 hearts, 1 spade, 1 club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 yo should recount your tricks Nuno, if clubs are right you are home. But if they are not then you need clubs best line IMO is to win ♥K and play ♠Q before going into clubs. It is true that RHO might destroy our comunications by putting ♠K on, but I really doubt it. If ♠Q holds switch to clubs. If it doesn't we need 5 club tricks so forget about spades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWM Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 With six top tricks we need 3 more. Option 1, 3 spades, 2 hearts, 2 diamonds and 2 clubs.Option 2, 1 spade, 2 hearts, 1 diamond, 4 clubs + one more spade or diamond. With 5♥ being 4th best we know there are 2 heart losers so can afford to lose two more tricks. East is the dangerous person to be on lead for diamonds and spades. Option 1 needs the K of ♠+♦ in east nearly 25%Option 2 needs a 3-3 split in clubs, however, clearing hearts first will help chances. I would play two rounds of hearts then play a club from north and cover easts card. Once West is on lead he can take his two hearts then any lead will help out as a spade or a diamond lead will take away the guess for one of the kings making option 1 closer to 50-50, if a spades is lead I can test clubs before playing on diamonds. If a club is returned I should make 4 clubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooltuna Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 With six top tricks we need 3 more. Option 1, 3 spades, 2 hearts, 2 diamonds and 2 clubs.Option 2, 1 spade, 2 hearts, 1 diamond, 4 clubs + one more spade or diamond. With 5♥ being 4th best we know there are 2 heart losers so can afford to lose two more tricks. East is the dangerous person to be on lead for diamonds and spades. Option 1 needs the K of ♠+♦ in east nearly 25%Option 2 needs a 3-3 split in clubs, however, clearing hearts first will help chances. I would play two rounds of hearts then play a club from north and cover easts card. Once West is on lead he can take his two hearts then any lead will help out as a spade or a diamond lead will take away the guess for one of the kings making option 1 closer to 50-50, if a spades is lead I can test clubs before playing on diamonds. If a club is returned I should make 4 clubs. club suit is 6 cards so you get 5 tricks with all 3-3 splits and 18 of the 30 4-2 splits. For the remaining 12 you need to plan the hand so you can take the ♠ finesse when you know you need it planning on giving up 2♥ and 2♣ in the process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonottawa Posted December 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 Guess this wasn't all that interesting. RHO played the T at trick 1 and I decided to duck (I didn't think he was up to finding the ♦ switch, particularly since the auction hadn't been particularly informative.) He continued with the ♥Q and I won in dummy. Have I done anything atrocious/bad/sub-optimal yet? What now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 if ♥5 is 4th best ducking the heart doesn't seem to help, and risks a diamond switch. Maybe there is a squeeze line in the end where you are rectifying the count for but I am unable to think of it. I would still run ♠Q Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonottawa Posted December 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 Sorry, the more I think about this the more I wish I hadn't posted it. It was just a frustrating hand and I was hoping I'd overlooked something glaringly obvious. I didn't really expect ducking the ♥ to gain, but I completely overlooked the possibility that I might be unblocking the suit for the opponents. It was a little ironic that I expected LHO to have 4 ♥, but by guarding against the somewhat remote possibility that he had 5 ♥, which he indeed have, I went down in a contract that makes easily if I win the first ♥. (And can still make double-dummy after ducking the first ♥, but good luck finding that line at the table.) [hv=d=n&v=b&n=sqjt5hk42da9764c3&w=s92hj8765dk8cqj85&e=sk7643hqtdjt32c42&s=sa8ha93dq5cakt976]399|300|Scoring: IMPP-P-1C-P1S-P-2N-P3N-Float[/hv] http://www.bridgebase.com/tools/handviewer...4325-1258449239 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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