Hanoi5 Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 [hv=pc=n&s=sat94hkq653da4c64&n=s85ht9dkj532ckjt8&d=e&v=e&b=6&a=p1h1sdp1nppp]266|200[/hv] You receive a ♣3 lead, how do you plan the play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 [hv=pc=n&s=sat94hkq653da4c64&n=s85ht9dkj532ckjt8&d=e&v=e&b=6&a=p1h1sdp1nppp]266|200[/hv] You receive a ♣3 lead, how do you plan the play? Hanoi, don't get me wrong but when/if you give a low level play problem i think u need to give us more than just the lead. We are not playing 7 NT. Do u want us to write every possible situation here ? Then i have to sit down nd write -RHO took with Q and played back ♣-RHO took with Q and played back ♥-RHO took with Q and played back ♦........ And then i have to write all of them with when he takes first ♣ with A. And then we are going to be stucked at trick 3 or 4 again. Imo if u are going to post a play or defense problem at low levels, either you need to prepare readers for the outcome of their early likely choices or you shd let the play advance for couple tricks first and ask what u really wanna ask. Otherwise i will say " i play ♣J" and wait for u to respond what they do, and it will go back and forth. You dont want us to make a plan without knowing what happened at trick 1 do you ? You know i usually like the topics u bring up, i thought it will be easier for everyone if we skip the paperwork for low level contracts :) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 I'm going to play the club jack. The main plan is to later on play a heart to the ten. Expecting to make 7 tricks by means of 1-2 spades (RHO is virtually certain to have Hx of spades)3 hearts2 diamonds1-2 clubs while hoping no to lose more than 2 spades2 hearts0 diamonds2 clubs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoi5 Posted June 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 ♣3-J-Q-x♠J-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 while hoping no to lose more than 2 spades2 hearts0 diamonds2 clubs It doesn't add up. You are trying to establish 3♥ tricks by giving away voluntarily 2♥ tricks, they will establish 3♠+2♣+2♥ before you do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoi5 Posted June 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 It doesn't add up. You are trying to establish 3♥ tricks by giving away voluntarily 2♥ tricks, they will establish 3♠+2♣+2♥ before you do. Yeah, exactly what happened at the table. The reason I posted the problem was to see if playing the ♣J is normal and whether trying to set up hearts is correct. Diamonds provided 5 tricks but I wasn't sure they were the way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 It doesn't add up. You are trying to establish 3♥ tricks by giving away voluntarily 2♥ tricks, they will establish 3♠+2♣+2♥ before you do. All right, so what do you do then? After ♣Q and ♠J into I can switch gears into playing the ♥K from hand or trying for 5 diamond tricks. Club jack at trick 1 certainly isn't a mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecalm Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 I play an ace and then club to the table if they hold up I will just run T♥ because it looks like E has a lot of hearts so probably J♥ is there.I can also play the spade back, maybe they will discard imprecisely on spades but that gives away my overtricks in case E has AJ♥. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 I play an ace and then club to the table if they hold up I will just run T♥ because it looks like E has a lot of hearts so probably J♥ is there.I can also play the spade back, maybe they will discard imprecisely on spades but that gives away my overtricks in case E has AJ♥. This is much better line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gszes Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 [hv=pc=n&s=sat94hkq653da4c64&n=s85ht9dkj532ckjt8&d=e&v=e&b=6&a=p1h1sdp1nppp]266|200[/hv] You receive a ♣3 lead, how do you plan the play? at both MP and IMPS I would rise with club K at trick one.If it held I would lead heart T intending to finesse andif it is covered by the J I will duck. WHY rise at trick 1 you ask? Tempo and the bidding. lho could have bid either 2c (rather than pass) or bidmichaels over 1h. Having failed to do either of theseit seems safe to rule out a hand similar toKJxxx A AQxxx xx heck with KJxxx x AQxxx xx I probablywould have bid 2c vs passing 1n that seems to leave us with lho having a hand similar toKJxxx A Qxxxx xx or KJxxx x Axxxx xx hard for me to picture lho choosing to lead from Qxxxxwhen the spade suit almost assuedly is better and at leastas long as the clubs so I rise with the K because I thinkAxxxx is a ton more likely than Qxxxx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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