Hanoi5 Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 [hv=pc=n&s=sqthaq932d842ckqt&n=sa973h87dakqca982]133|200[/hv] I got to 6NT. I received a diamond lead, played a heart to my queen which held, another diamond to dummy and a heartducked to East, who led another diamond, all following. I enter my hand with a club, small cards all around, and then led the ♥A and a high heart, a spade from West and a club from East. I reached: ♠A9♥♦♣A98 ♠QT♥x♦♣QT What then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 I'd have started by running ♥7, which picks up Kxx-J10x and costs nothing. I can't see anything special about the ending you reached - it's just a black-suit squeeze or ♣J coming down, isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 I'd have started by running ♥7, which picks up Kxx-J10x and costs nothing. I can't see anything special about the ending you reached - it's just a black-suit squeeze or ♣J coming down, isn't it? If opps have misdefended and LHO started with 4 ♣ then we should cash ♣Q next. Unfortunately we can't then recover if RHO started with 5 ♣. So agree with gnasherAt trick 2, run ♥7, picking up RHO's ♥ JTx or ♥ KJTxNow, ♠A, ♣Q, ♥ and hope for the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 There's no need to cash ♠A yet. You can cash the heart, throwing a spade, and then decide whether to play for the squeeze/club drop or to take the club finesse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 There's no need to cash ♠A yet. You can cash the heart, throwing a spade, and then decide whether to play for the squeeze/club drop or to take the club finesse. Duh :( Good point :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 I'd have started by running ♥7, which picks up Kxx-J10x and costs nothing.Also xx-KJ10x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gszeszycki Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 heart to Q won then lets u duck a heart all around. Win the return go to dummy cash the spade A and the dia winners then come back to hand with a club and run the hearts you will reduce dummy to club Axx and your hand to spade Q and Kx clubs this position wins whenever clubs 33 or 42 and same player has spade K The spade ace unblock is called a vienna coupe. Quit bidding such rotten slams and you wont need these types of plays very much (to go along with 33 hearts and a heart finesse) if this makes your slam was around 8% or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 I'd have started by running ♥7, which picks up Kxx-J10x and costs nothing. Also xx-KJ10xNope, we don't have the 6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 should have known Andy wouldn't miss that hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoi5 Posted January 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 I checked yesterday and hearts were actually: 76 AQ8xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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