el mister Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 [hv=d=w&v=n&n=skq7hjt62d6cakjt6&s=sj8haq73da987c543]133|200|Scoring: IMPP 1♣ 1♦ 1♥P 3♥ P 4♥X all pass[/hv]So you arrive in 4♥ and hear a double from LHO. A ♦ is led, which you win in hand. I think I then ruffed a ♦ and led a trump back - RHO shows out. I can't recall my line after that, other than it didn't work. Any tips for bringing this one in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecalm Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 As opponent on the right has at least 4 diamonds you could be comfortably ruffing diamonds in dummy while discarding your club loser from hand on the ♠ and then endplaying W to lead into your AQ♥ (if he doesn't overruff with the king earlier). The danger with this line is that if you start with ♦ ruff and then play spades RHO may take his ace and play a diamond allowing a club discard for LHO which will prove fatal if has only two clubs to start with (for example 4-5-2-2) as he will be now overrufing your club tops. To avoid this you could start from playing spades planning to play off two top clubs and then discarding 3rd on good spade. That will work if LHO is 2-2 in minors but won't work if he is 5-5-1-2 (for the same reason, he will discard a club once they get in with A♠ and play a diamond). The key to this hand are your ♥ spots. You can safely start with two top clubs and then play spades. True, they will get their ♣ trick but there is no way there will take more than one heart. The suit is: JT62 to AQ73You will have 2♠, 2♣ and A♦ in the bag and you will need 5tricks from that suit. The first one will be ♦ ruff with 2♥. Then you will ruff a ♣ with Q♥. If LHO doesn't overruff you will ruff another diamond, another club with A♥ and 4th diamond will give you 5th trick on J♥.If he does overruf it's no good for him as now he has to lead from his 98xx to yoru JT6 and A73 in hand :) It took me a long while to work this out. I am sure that at the table I would only realize the danger of ♣ discards if leader is 2-2 in minors and would just start from spades which will lose to 5-5-1-2 :(. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el mister Posted June 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 Thks for breaking this down bluecalm. I'm wondering if testing hearts, as I did, was an obvious mistake. At the table, the double gives the game away that a nasty break is indicated, so I guess it was. Say LHO had not doubled, though - is it clear to stay away from any trump drawing line? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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