inquiry Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 S A96 H KJ3 D Q976 C 642 S Q82 H A8642 D AKJ C KJ Board 1, MAtchpoints, online event, 16 boards to play. Field, unknown group of BBO players, assume average BBO players. Bidding 1H - 2H (2H is constructive raise)4H - P Opening lead S7, dummy plays low, EAST wins the SPADE king, and returns diamond 4, you win ACE as WEST plays diamond 2 (normal signals). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 Club is such an obvious shift that the diamond smells like singleton. I'm playing East for something like Kxxx QTxx x xxxx. Heart to the king and run the heart jack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 Guess Guess Guess..., I hate it :) ♥A & to the ♥J to me, I don´t trrust myopponents that much, ♥ finese is not a great improvement to ♥AK when trumps are 3-2, and losing to a ♥Qxx can cause 2 down, but when ♥ are 4-1 you will hate to play 'safe'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flytoox Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 This is matchpoint, let's follow the field. Most would play HA and then finesse HJ. So do I. Dont try sth special in MP without good reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helium Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 Club is such an obvious shift that the diamond smells like singleton. I'm playing East for something like Kxxx QTxx x xxxx. Heart to the king and run the heart jack. I whould play like this too,not becouse i think he have a singelton ♦, but becouse he want me to think he have a singel ♦ and play ace king of ♥. i think he have something like: Kxx.Q10xx.xxx.AQx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 Club is such an obvious shift that the diamond smells like singleton. I'm playing East for something like Kxxx QTxx x xxxx. Heart to the king and run the heart jack. I agree that diamond can be a sgl, but i dont think it would be smart to lose to Qx heart in west's hand and going down with a diamond ruff.I think west would lead diamond and not spade if he had 3 cards in spades and 5 in diamonds. So imo east hand is more likely to be 5314 then 4414.Therfore i will play A and K of heart and not run the J.Also the play of the J is a problem because you dont have the entry to finnese again, unless you give up on using The Q of diamond for throwing a club.Playing AK unlike playing The J doesnt put all the eggs in 1 basket, maybe he just dont know bridge and lead the diamond. AK are 40% instead of the noraml finnese but it give you better chances of not losing 2 clubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke warm Posted September 15, 2004 Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 why the diamond shift? i can think of only 2 reasons, one of them bad (the stiff diamond)... i agree with whomever thinks rho has the A,Q♣ i'm playing the ♥A and leading to the board... if lho follows, i finesse (note that i'm playing righty for the ♣A all along).. i see 3 losers this way IF i'm right about the clubs... if i run the J and if rho IS now void in diamonds, i'm set hell i don't know what's right, but that's my plan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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