keylime Posted August 8, 2004 Report Share Posted August 8, 2004 [hv=d=e&v=e&s=sj8642hjt7d5caj75]133|100|Scoring: IMP[/hv][hv=d=e&v=e&s=sj8642hjt7d5caj75]133|100|Scoring: IMP[/hv] After an enterprising auction, you land in 3NT. Opening lead: K of spades. As Kantar says, "Plan the play". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke warm Posted August 8, 2004 Report Share Posted August 8, 2004 i wisely take the first spade and lead a heart.. if west doesn't rise, i insert J.. when next in, i lead another heart toward the 10... i'm hoping for A,x or Q,x doubleton with west... i need 2 heart tricks, so i think i'm playing west for a heart entry only fly in this ointment is on the first heart, when a diamond comes back... oh well, tell us what she did :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted August 8, 2004 Report Share Posted August 8, 2004 Hi Dwayne: Interesting hand. My first reaction was to cross to dummy and put the J♥ on the table. This looks however really bad if LHO wins with Ax or Qx and fires a heart back through. I am now in danger of losing 3 hearts, a diamond and spade, even though the A♦ may be onside. So I'm leading a heart from hand. If LHO pops with Qx, I make 2 heart tricks, although a diamond back, ducked, will force me to play for either A♦ onside or Axx off side and I have to divine blocking the suit. If RHO wins and puts a diamond on the table, I'm forced to play for the A♦ onside, or diamonds 6-3, with the heart honors split. Note that you really don't have any security of leading the J♥ from dummy hoping for AQx of hearts onside, as the bad guys will always make 2 hearts, and will have the tempo to lead and establish diamonds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulhar Posted August 8, 2004 Report Share Posted August 8, 2004 Yeah, I lead a heart from hand to the jack too. My Mrs. did a lot right this weekend too, only her choice of partners was bad :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keylime Posted August 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 [hv=d=e&v=e&s=sj8642hjt7d5caj75 dealer: east vul: [space] e/w scoring: imp]133|100|Scoring: IMP ♠ A ♥ K643 ♦ KQ6 ♣ KQ832 [/hv] After an enterprising auction, you land in 3NT. Opening lead: K of spades. As Kantar says, "Plan the play". Ok this one's bulletproof, if you take a pessimistic line. The Mrs. won the spade, played ONE club. Then powered the Jack of heart arounds to LHO's queen. At this point, the hands all over. Here's LHO's hand. KQTAQxxAQxxxx I wanted to give you the play the problem, WITHOUT the opening bid. I know that's mean, but this was a fun one to see her masterful play, while her opponents went off two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke warm Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 leading low from hand seems to work also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trpltrbl Posted August 10, 2004 Report Share Posted August 10, 2004 ♥ from hand towards Jack, gives you 82%.Good enough for me. Mike :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted August 10, 2004 Report Share Posted August 10, 2004 Hi Keylime... :-) Not to burst your bubble for the fine play your wife made, but the hand is not over at all. After East wins the Powered.. heart JACK with the queen, he can simply return the passive heart two (of course other player kept the heart 8 or curtains). This defense prevents her from winning nine tricks. If he ducks the heart in dummy, she has to win the heart KING. Now the heart ACE will promote the heart nine to a winner. And if she pops up with the heart Ten in dummy, that wins, but one heart is not enough to see her home. 5♣ + 1♠ + 1♥ + 1♦ is alway and forever only eight tricks. Now, if she had lead a low heart towards dummy at trick two. :-)Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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