kgr Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 IMP's[hv=pc=n&s=s8764ha7daq8cak86&n=s92hkqt9dk652c975&d=s&v=e&b=3&a=1np2d(4cH%20lim+%20or%205+cH%20weak)p2h(no%204cH)p2np3nppdppp]266|200[/hv]LHO leads ♠ and RHO cashes ♠AKQJ; LHO play ♠35T and ♣2; I discarded ♣57 from dummy.RHO now plays ♣Q.What is the best line from here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manudude03 Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 ♣K, ♥AKQ throwing club, ♦AQ, ♣A. Hope diamonds are 3-3 or someone gets squeezed (or ♥J drops in 3). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoi5 Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 ♣K, AQK♦, ♥A and ♣A. They're discarding on the diamond if not 3-3 and I still have the heart finesse ( :blink: ) available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2200 Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 Provided RHO has club guarded, I would try diamonds first, if LHO has the length, there is an auto dbl-squeeze. If RHO guards diamonds, provided he has spades and the club length, the heart finesse is likely on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 Agree with others: Cash minor winners and (usually) play for the drop in hearts. If RHO guards the round suits, then he is squeezed. If LHO guards diamonds, then he is a show-up squeezed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 Provided RHO has club guarded, I would try diamonds first, if LHO has the length, there is an auto dbl-squeeze. If RHO guards diamonds, provided he has spades and the club length, the heart finesse is likely on. Seems like this fails if RHO has something like AKQJ Jx Txxx QJx but overall i like this line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgr Posted May 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2011 IMP's[hv=pc=n&s=s8764ha7daq8cak86&w=sT53h543dT743c432&n=s92hkqt9dk652c975&d=s&v=e&b=3&a=1np2d(4cH%20lim+%20or%205+cH%20weak)p2h(no%204cH)p2np3nppdppp]300|250[/hv]LHO leads ♠ and RHO cashes ♠AKQJ; LHO play ♠35T and ♣2; I discarded ♣57 from dummy.RHO now plays ♣Q.This is the complete hand.I played 3 rounds of ♦ (RHO discarding ♥2) and ♣A.Don't read this:...then I finished ♥ and did go -2 :(I need to think better and realise that a finesse against LHO is not needed at this moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOGIC Posted May 29, 2011 Report Share Posted May 29, 2011 Yes, that was quite bad. FWIW RHO is also likely to have Jxxx of hearts when he doubles, he would not double with AKQJ of spades fourth and nothing in hearts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_20686 Posted May 29, 2011 Report Share Posted May 29, 2011 isnt it a bit strange for rho to cash here? He could switch to a club at trick two. That probably puts you in difficulties. EDIT: Of course, you can probably squeeze him without the count, but you might not guess to do that with the heart finesse looking so tempting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgr Posted May 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2011 Yes, that was quite bad.Always trying to improve...and probably that is for me:- practice more to count in distributions- concentrate more on what opps play/bid and get more info out of it (eg 1st discard most often from 5c, RHO probably has ♥ stop for his DBL, LHO in this case discarding ♣ + RHO returning ♣Q indicates that only RHO will stop ♣, ...)- I think enough but should think better, here noticing that finesse against LHO is a practice finesse (...not sure how to achieve this). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgr Posted May 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2011 isnt it a bit strange for rho to cash here? He could switch to a club at trick two. That probably puts you in difficulties. EDIT: Of course, you can probably squeeze him without the count, but you might not guess to do that with the heart finesse looking so tempting.Most opps I play against are not experts, so that explains it all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted May 29, 2011 Report Share Posted May 29, 2011 isnt it a bit strange for rho to cash here? He could switch to a club at trick two. That probably puts you in difficulties. No this is not strange at all. At least 99% of bridge players would cash the spades. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2200 Posted May 29, 2011 Report Share Posted May 29, 2011 As cards lie, even if RHO doesn't cash out spades, you play 3 rounds of diamonds and it's pain in the a** for the poor guy to find a discard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted May 30, 2011 Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 Always trying to improve...and probably that is for me:- practice more to count in distributions- concentrate more on what opps play/bid and get more info out of it (eg 1st discard most often from 5c, RHO probably has ♥ stop for his DBL, LHO in this case discarding ♣ + RHO returning ♣Q indicates that only RHO will stop ♣, ...)- I think enough but should think better, here noticing that finesse against LHO is a practice finesse (...not sure how to achieve this).when you have a guess, don't just ask yourself "Who has the ♥J?", ask yourself "What cards do I know in LHO's hand? In RHO's hand? What are their possible initial and remaining distributions?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted May 30, 2011 Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 If you have no clue and you can chose between a finesse or a squeeze, then go for the squeeze. You'll always get a compliment: either "well played" or "nice try". B-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barryallen Posted May 30, 2011 Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 Always trying to improve...and probably that is for me:- practice more to count in distributions- concentrate more on what opps play/bid and get more info out of it (eg 1st discard most often from 5c, RHO probably has ♥ stop for his DBL, LHO in this case discarding ♣ + RHO returning ♣Q indicates that only RHO will stop ♣, ...)- I think enough but should think better, here noticing that finesse against LHO is a practice finesse (...not sure how to achieve this). If you consider LHO discards in combination with RHO discards, it is a very simple problem. LHO has shown up with 3♠, 4♦ and 2♣, leaving a maximum of 4♥, LHO's discard on the ♣A tells you all you need to know. A ♥ discard by LHO tells you there is no need to finesse as the drop will always pick up whatever LHO has in ♥. A ♣ discard by LHO also tells you that he has 3♥max and the drop will pick up whatever holding LHO has in ♥. The finesse is never an option. A very simple problem, until you have to do it at the table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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