gwnn Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 [hv=d=e&v=b&n=sa3ht73dkj2ck9764&s=skj98742hqj4d654c]133|200|Scoring: MPp-3♠-p-pp[/hv] LHO leads the Ace of diamonds, RHO plays the T.LHO leads the 5 of hearts to the K.RHO returns the A of hearts, LHO plays the 2.RHO thinks for a while and plays a small club. Your Icelandic opps are playing a strong club system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Kid Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 I'll ruff, I don't think LHO would have led his A♦ if he could have gone for a less risky ♣ lead. I think LHO has A♣. It seems odd that RHO didn't give his p a ♥ ruff if he has only 2, perhaps he has AK♥ doubleton? It would be kind of annoying if LHO got in with the ♣A and give his p a ♥ ruff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted July 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 you ruff and... ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Kid Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 What are their leads and carding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted July 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 Standard, 3/5, Ace promises the King ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shyams Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 Ruff ♣x, enter dummy with ♠A, ruff a ♣ and cash ♠K - If spades break 2-2, we have 7♠ + 1♥ + 1♦. Enter dummy with ♥10 (hope we unblocked at tricks 2 and 3) and ruff ♣x. If the ♣A has not yet fallen, run trumps for a show-up squeeze on West for the overtrick. - If spades are 3-1 and West has the trump winner, play ♥x to dummy's ♥10. If West ruffs and plays ♦x, finesse for the 9th trick. If West follows to the ♥ instead, you can ruff a third ♣ hoping for the ♣A to fall. - If spades are 3-1 and East has the winner, concede the trump trick. You have 2 more entries to dummy to establish a ♣ for the 9th trick or finesse in ♦ if opposing clubs were 5-2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtK78 Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 RHO has the AK of hearts and, assuming that the 10 of diamonds was encouraging, the ♦Q. He may also have some minor honors (not the A) in clubs. Therefore, it is very unlikely that he has the ♠Q or he would have opened the bidding. So I play LHO for the ♠Q. Having said that, is there any reason for playing RHO for a singleton ♠10? It seems very antipercentage. Going back to trick 2, why a heart shift instead of a diamond continuation? Outside of the possibility that the ♦A is singleton, perhaps (1) LHO figured that the ♦Q would score eventually anyway, or (2) it didn't matter, or (3) LHO could be catering to you holding 7-2-1 3 distribution. In any event, I play as stated above by shyams. But I do not expect the ♦Q to be on my left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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