hanp Posted April 13, 2010 Report Share Posted April 13, 2010 These hands are both at MATCHPOINTS. [hv=n=sxxhxdaq10xxcaq10xx&s=sakqxxxxhj1098xdcx]133|200|Scoring: MP[/hv] South plays 4S, opponents have been silent. LHO leads the heart 2 (fourth best) to RHO's ace. RHO returns a spade. How do you play the hand? [hv=n=sxxhxdaq10xxcaq10xx&s=sakqxxxxhj1098xdcx]133|200|Scoring: MP[/hv] South plays 3NT. LHO leads a heart to RHO's ace. RHO returns a heart, do you pitch a club or a diamond from dummy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlall Posted April 13, 2010 Report Share Posted April 13, 2010 Hand 1: Win, ruff HJ, ruff diamond, pull trumps, exit heart. If RHO has AQx or AKx they are endplayed (LHO cannot stop it). Hand 2: Spade, almost tricked me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanp Posted April 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2010 I meant to post this in the B/I forum but got lost. Thanks for posting invisible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlall Posted April 13, 2010 Report Share Posted April 13, 2010 I meant to post this in the B/I forum but got lost. Thanks for posting invisible. Ya I thought you might have heh. That's why we're partners !H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhm Posted April 13, 2010 Report Share Posted April 13, 2010 Hand 1: The opening lead seems to be from ♥ Kxxx, but the play works also if the lead was from ♥ Qxxx Win and trump a ♥ and trump back a ♦, draw trumps and play all your trumps except one, to reach the following 5 card ending: ♦ AQ♣ AQT ♠ X♥ JT9♦ -♣ X Exit with a heart. West can either play low or high. If West plays low East is end played.If West plays high your ♥s are good Hand 2: If you discard a ♣, you have 12 tricks if ♦ break (68%) and 11 if they are 4-1If ♦ are 5-0 you can still start by playing on clubs after 2 rounds of ♦If you discard a ♦, you have 12 tricks if either minor breaks and the club finesse wins (45%) So discarding a ♣ wins whenever ♦ break and the ♣ finesse looses. (34%)Discarding a ♦ wins whenever ♦ do not break, but ♣ do, and the ♣ finesse wins (11%) Guess what you should do. Rainer Herrmann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmilne Posted April 13, 2010 Report Share Posted April 13, 2010 South plays 3NT. LHO leads a heart to RHO's ace. RHO returns a heart, do you pitch a club or a diamond from dummy? haha, nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
655321 Posted April 13, 2010 Report Share Posted April 13, 2010 So discarding a ♣ wins whenever ♦ break and the ♣ finesse looses. (34%)Discarding a ♦ wins whenever ♦ do not break, but ♣ do, and the ♣ finesse wins (11%) Guess what you should do. We should read Justin's hidden text? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrei Posted April 13, 2010 Report Share Posted April 13, 2010 I meant to post this in the B/I forum but got lost. Thanks for posting invisible. I thought for a moment that my skill level improved dramatically overnight :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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