han Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 How do you play this 6H contract after a diamond lead? AQxxx763QJxQ8 -AQJ982AKAJ109x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 I'll play for CK onside and hearts 2-2 or singleton HK or singleton HT. DA HA DK HQ then I think I can get to dummy one way or another to pitch 2 clubs then CQ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatchett Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 The alternative is ♣ to the 8 forcing a entry in ♣s, and take a ♥ finesse.If successful we have to view whether to try and cross to table with a ♣ ruff to take a second heart finesse. if we take a ♣ruff we make with ♣ 3-3 and the ♥ finesse right (♥not 4-0)♣ 4-2 and the doubleton hand holding ♥ xx,or T or the hand with three ♥ holding 4♣s. Y66's line is C finesse (50%) combines with 65% chance in ♥ which is 32.5% line the above line is ♣ 3-3 36% plus 45% chance in ♥ 16%4 clubs on our right with 3 ♥ to K on our right 5%any 4-2 clubs with ♥ K stiff on our right (1/8 of 48%) 6%4 clubs on our right with KT hearts onside. 1.5% so yes I agree y66's line looks better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlson Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Look very upset and yell at partner "we play keycard you know" (or perhaps "how can you cuebid with no heart honor?") then play the ♥Q from your hand. I don't see anything better than y66's line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barryallen Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 I am not sure there is hardly anything in this either way, going for an entry on table via ♣ or ♥. It's always favourite that the ♥ are going to break 3-1, but that is offset by dropping the bare ♥K. Even with the ♣ not behaving themselves, you can discard 2 on the A♠ and the third diamond? Thinking about this further, you can never be stopped form having the ♥ finesse from being an option, whereas you can be stopped from having the ♣ finesse as being an option. So I will go for the ♣ entry to table, looking for the ♥ finesse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted May 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 There is a third line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 ♦AK, then ♥Q. That gets us an entry on almost all 2-2 and 3-1 breaks. The only time we don't is if RHO wins the king and plays back a low one, and the ten has not appeared, and we misguess. If we go with the odds, we'll play for 10x-Kx, so we'll fail to get to dummy only if it's x=K10x. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlson Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 So gnasher's line wins over cashing the ♥A when the hearts are KTx=x and the club is onside. On the other hand cashing ♥A wins when the ♥K is singleton on either side and the club is offside. Seems like basically a wash from a technical standpoint? Playing the ♥Q does seem to have better chances of inducing misdefense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 I gain slightly from vacant-spaces considerations: when hearts are K10x=x, the club finesse will be right 12/22 of the time Against that, my line loses when LHO is 2-2 or 3=2 in the reds and RHO has ♥K - when RHO plays back a diamond I'll discard a club and go down. I suspect that makes ♥A a better play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted May 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Yes that's also what I was thinking. To know the best answer you probably need to know which diamond was led. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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