mr1303 Posted November 18, 2010 Report Share Posted November 18, 2010 [hv=pc=n&s=sk53hkjdq72cakt95&n=saq98742ht5da4cj6&d=s&v=n&b=15&a=1np2hp2sp6sppp]266|200[/hv] West leads the Ace of hearts and plays another to your King. You cash the Ace of spades and all follow. What is the best line for 12 tricks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dboxley Posted November 18, 2010 Report Share Posted November 18, 2010 After a quick look it appears that cashing AK and ruffing a club high is best, working whenever clubs are 42 or 33. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotShot Posted November 18, 2010 Report Share Posted November 18, 2010 After a quick look it appears that cashing AK and ruffing a club high is best, working whenever clubs are 42 or 33.After drawing the last trump and cashing ♣AK you reach this position.[hv=pc=n&s=skhdq72ct95&n=s98742hda4c&d=s&v=n&b=15&a=1np2hp2sp6sppp]266|200[/hv]If the ♣Q dropped, you're home.If the ♣ are 3-3 you ruff a round of ♣ and you are home, but the problem is, that this does not work if the ♣ are 4-2, because you only have 1 entry (♠K) left to reach the ♣ so you can't ruff a 2nd time and reach the remaining ♣ to get rid of you ♦ loser.You can try a ruffing finesse against West, but then you would lose to East's Qxx. So we have to ask ourself, if finessing the Q♣ is a better plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted November 18, 2010 Report Share Posted November 18, 2010 After drawing the last trump and cashing ♣AK you reach this position.That's not what dboxley was suggesting. The sequence is:♠A, ♣AK, club ruff high, ♠K, club ruff, spade to the 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotShot Posted November 18, 2010 Report Share Posted November 18, 2010 After a quick look it appears that cashing AK and ruffing a club high is best, working whenever clubs are 42 or 33. The sequence is: ♠A, ♣AK, club ruff high, ♠K, club ruff, spade to the 5. Thank you for the translation, this solves the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted November 18, 2010 Report Share Posted November 18, 2010 Agree with dboxley and Gnasher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooltuna Posted November 18, 2010 Report Share Posted November 18, 2010 play for 4-2 or better ♣ this requires that you ruff the 3rd♣ with the Q b4 using the K ♠ as an entry to ruff the 4th ♣ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr1303 Posted November 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2010 This was what I tried, going off when East ruffed the second club. I was wondering if there was a better line out there, or if I was just unlucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfa1010 Posted November 18, 2010 Report Share Posted November 18, 2010 This was what I tried, going off when East ruffed the second club. I was wondering if there was a better line out there, or if I was just unlucky.No this is a pedestrian hand. You were just unlucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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