rduran1216 Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 [hv=pc=n&s=sak94h864dkt76ct3&n=sqj62hq53da95caj2]133|200[/hv] Matchpoints opps silent partner opens 1c 1s 2s p p p RHO flickered slightly at trick 4 West leads the J of hearts Q K x,♥A,x,x,x♥10,x,x,x♦Q Continue from here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbradley62 Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 What's the contract? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yu18772 Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 How many ♠ am I playing, what was the auction and MP or IMP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 [hv=pc=n&s=sak94h864dkt76ct3&n=sqj62hq53da95caj2]133|200[/hv] RHO flickered slightly at trick 4 West leads the J of hearts Q K x,♥A,x,x,x♥10,x,x,x♦Q Continue from here -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rduran1216 Posted December 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 sorry, ur playing 2S in matchpoints with opps silent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayin801 Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 Since W led the heart J from Jxx(x) there's some restricted choice argument that if he had Jxx(x) of diamonds as well he'd lead that half the time instead therefore making it more likely that E has the diamond J? Or maybe this partnership really likes leading unsupported honor cards? Sorry I don't speak crazy lead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricK Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 Since W led the heart J from Jxx(x) there's some restricted choice argument that if he had Jxx(x) of diamonds as well he'd lead that half the time instead therefore making it more likely that E has the diamond J? Or maybe this partnership really likes leading unsupported honor cards? Sorry I don't speak crazy lead.But there's a restricted choice argument in the other direction. The fact that he makes a strange lead makes it more likely he has Jxx in the other unbid suit - i.e. he made the odd lead because he had no choice but to lead from an undesirable suit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rduran1216 Posted December 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 I just wanna know whether u should go on instinct, which was RHO is full of it and doesn't hold the J, or whether u should play him for an honest lead here and hook the J the other way. Strong table feel is that he's full of it and LHO has the J, but playing with a client would u hook RHO for the J anyway or take the non-book approach? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 I just wanna know whether u should go on instinct, which was RHO is full of it and doesn't hold the J, or whether u should play him for an honest lead here and hook the J the other way. Strong table feel is that he's full of it and LHO has the J, but playing with a client would u hook RHO for the J anyway or take the non-book approach?Who says RHO's ♦Q must be an honest card? With QJ he can safely play the J as well (his partner will never waste ♦K)... So technically, restricted choice applies and I'd place ♦J with LHO. About following your instinct: you should keep stats about this. If after a while your instinct seems right more often than not, start trusting it. If it's wrong more often, then never trust it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 A diamond shift doesn't make sense from neither Qx nor QJx(x...), so I don't know what I would do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sathyab Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 Given the play to-date, declarer has shown 4 or more ♠s, 3 ♥s, leaving 6 or fewer cards in minors. Only reason why RHO didn't safely exit a trump is that he must have the stiff ♦Q or Qx and probably three trumps. He's probably looking at nothing in ♣s, which makes it reasonable to hope that declarer has some values in ♣s and partner has some stuff in pointed suits. Partner must have Kx or Ax of ♠s in addition to King of ♦s in which case you will beat this hand a trick. Not quite sure why he thinks it's so important to beat the hand and give up an over-trick or simplify declarer's guess in ♦s when his defense doesn't work. My guess is that RHO is probably a better rubber Bridge or IMP player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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