Free Posted October 4, 2004 Report Share Posted October 4, 2004 You're playing 3NT by south, with following hands: [hv=n=sxxhaxxdqtxxckjtx&s=saxxhxxdakjxcq9xx]133|200|Scoring: IMP[/hv] The lead is S2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillybean Posted October 4, 2004 Report Share Posted October 4, 2004 (edited) Hi, I let ♠ run twice, ♠ are probably 4-2, East has ♣Ace and I don't want East returning a ♠. Take ♠Ace 3rd round, play small ♣ to Queen, =4♦, ♥Ace and 3♣? jillybean oops, first lesson 5+?=13 Edited October 4, 2004 by jillybean2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Posted October 4, 2004 Report Share Posted October 4, 2004 Hi, I let ♠ run twice, ♠ are probably 4-2, East has ♣Ace and I don't want East returning a ♠. Take ♠Ace 3rd round, play small ♣ to Queen, =4♦, ♥Ace and 3♣? jillybean Think a bit more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helium Posted October 4, 2004 Report Share Posted October 4, 2004 Hi, I let ♠ run twice, ♠ are probably 4-2, East has ♣Ace and I don't want East returning a ♠. Take ♠Ace 3rd round, play small ♣ to Queen, =4♦, ♥Ace and 3♣? jillybean there wont be a 3th rund, u get a hart shift Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillybean Posted October 4, 2004 Report Share Posted October 4, 2004 Is the bidding irrelevant here? :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badderzboy Posted October 4, 2004 Report Share Posted October 4, 2004 I'm a BILlie so I'll suggest the answer and reasoning. We need to count our winners - 1 ♥ 1♠ 4♦ and 3♣ can be established once Ace of clubs is knocked out. We also have lots of potential Heart & spade losers! First question I would ask is what leads the opps play if 3'rds & 5ths then we have a problem :-) but assuming it is fourth highest as then West has xxx2 in spades so they break 4/4! and as we can afford the 3 spade losers and the A clubs. We cannot afford a heart switch before we lose the Ace of clubs so take the A spades on first round. Play clubs until opps take the A or three rounds of clubs whichever comes first - If opps take A clubs then after opps cash spades and we have been throwing diamonds from N and hearts/spades from South and we take the remaining tricks on top. i.e A ♠ A♥ KQJ(T)♣ AKQJ ♦. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted October 4, 2004 Report Share Posted October 4, 2004 I'm a BILlie so I'll suggest the answer and reasoning. Are you SURE you are a BILlie? We can stop now... as the answer has been given. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted October 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2004 Hmmm, I thought this would be a nice exception on 'holding up', but apparently billies also count their opponent's tricks these days. Either this is a good progress for the group, or someone is not a billie anymore. :P This hand came up in competition this saturday. However, they didn't lead the ♠2, but the ♠5, which was his 2nd highest (he had 8532)!! It was pure torture for me, but even if they would lead from a 5-card, your only chance is not to get that ♥ switch. Both ♠ or ♥ leads kill the contract if you don't take your Ace immediatly and they switch to the other Major. The only thing you can do is hope for some luck...I changed the lead to ♠2 to make it easy to count your opponent's tricks (3♠s since opp's ♠s are split 4-4, and ♣A), so with some reasoning you guys could solve it :D To jillybean, the bidding is indeed irrelevant B) It's ALL about the play, and the fact that if you hold up, you will hardly have a chance to win your contract after that deadly ♥-switch. Even if you hold up ♥A twice, they'll switch back to ♠s... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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