hanp Posted July 11, 2010 Report Share Posted July 11, 2010 I found myself in another light game in Utrecht: Q10xKJxK97xQxx KJxxxxAJxAxxx RHO opened 1D, I overcalled 1S. Partner bid 2D and I bid 4S. LHO led a small diamond to the 7, queen and ace. I tried a spade to the queen and RHO won the ace. RHO now switched to the club 10 in a flash. Plan the play. Hint 1 for beginners: The club 10 is likely a singleton. Hint 2 for beginners: RHO must have all the other HCP and has at least 4 diamonds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vuroth Posted July 12, 2010 Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 EDIT: OOPS. RHO won the A♠. Nevermind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vuroth Posted July 12, 2010 Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 I think..... Play the ace of clubs. Draw trump, then lead a heart to the King. RHO has to give me my 9th trick in a red suit, and whatever happens I'll still be safe to come to hand and run the club to the queen later for my tenth trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiddity Posted July 12, 2010 Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 What if trumps split 4-1, RHO having 4? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vuroth Posted July 12, 2010 Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 Why is that a problem? I draw 4 rounds. If RHO returns the QH I'm tapped out, but I'm in my hand and after a low club lead I boss all the suits. If RHO returns a low heart I use my Ace of diamonds to return to my hand to play the clubs. Ditto the diamond exit. In both these latter 2 cases, I still have a trump back in case LHO rises with the KC and switches to hearts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiddity Posted July 12, 2010 Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 What do you discard from dummy on the 4th round of trumps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vuroth Posted July 12, 2010 Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 Hm good point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanp Posted July 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 Trumps were 3-2. If you can make it on the assumption that the club was a singleton, can you still make it if RHO has maybe a doubleton club? Also, the position of the heart queen is not 100% but the position of the heart ace is 100%, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vuroth Posted July 13, 2010 Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 Trumps were 3-2. If you can make it on the assumption that the club was a singleton, can you still make it if RHO has maybe a doubleton club? Also, the position of the heart queen is not 100% but the position of the heart ace is 100%, right? Does 5431 with 2 aces and an outside queen open 1♦? I kind of doubt it, so I kind of thought the Q♥ had to be with east. If I play the K♥ and RHO exits with a second club, my only thought is that LHO needs to keep his 4th club and RHO needs to keep his 4th diamond, and they both need to guard hearts. Maybe there's a squeeze, but I'm not sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOGIC Posted July 13, 2010 Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 Trumps were 3-2. If you can make it on the assumption that the club was a singleton, can you still make it if RHO has maybe a doubleton club? Also, the position of the heart queen is not 100% but the position of the heart ace is 100%, right? Does 5431 with 2 aces and an outside queen open 1♦? I kind of doubt it, so I kind of thought the Q♥ had to be with east. If I play the K♥ and RHO exits with a second club, my only thought is that LHO needs to keep his 4th club and RHO needs to keep his 4th diamond, and they both need to guard hearts. Maybe there's a squeeze, but I'm not sure. Han's point is a minor quibble, it is 0 % that they open an 8 count and probably something non zero that they open a 10 count with 2 aces and a stiff (even if it's one percent), so you might as well play the jack with everything else being equal. It's important even when weighing 2 very unlikely scenarios to choose the better of the 2...you never know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vuroth Posted July 13, 2010 Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 Ahh good point. Makes sense. Thanks for pointing it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiddity Posted July 13, 2010 Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 You can also make the contract if RHO is 4441. The line is pretty - see if you can work it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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