gartinmale Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 [hv=pc=n&s=saq963hjt743dcak8&n=st74h96dakt94cq65]133|200[/hv] Matchpoints, in a club game of varying strength. You bid your way to 4♠, South declaring, with the opponents silent, via the unsophisticated auction 1♠ - 2♠ - 4♠. Lefty leads the J♣, showing the T♣ or shortness. Plan the play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_20686 Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 [hv=pc=n&s=saq963hjt743dcak8&n=st74h96dakt94cq65]133|200[/hv] Matchpoints, in a club game of varying strength. You bid your way to 4♠, South declaring, with the opponents silent, via the unsophisticated auction 1♠ - 2♠ - 4♠. Lefty leads the J♣, showing the T♣ or shortness. Plan the play. win in hand and play a heart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gartinmale Posted January 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 Okay, I guess this one isn't that interesting. I took the above line, which seemed reasonable, and quietly went down one, losing two hearts, the spade king offside, and a club ruff. Opening leader had JT sixth of clubs. If you want to make the hand, you need to win in dummy and at tricks 2 and 3 jettison the AK of clubs on the AK of diamonds. I actually thought about doing this briefly at the table but discarded it because it seemed flashy and I would catch so much hell if it wasn't right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahydra Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 Sounds like a rather extreme variation of a scissors coup (well, not exactly, but close enough)! Did you manage to ruff a heart then? If you pull all the trumps it seems you lose another heart. ahydra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antrax Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 I'm not sure why the proposed line is better. Where is your entry to finesse spades a second time? Even if LHO can't lead a third round of hearts, what happens when he continues clubs and his partner refuses to ruff? Do we assume the ♠J drops? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_20686 Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 Okay, I guess this one isn't that interesting. I took the above line, which seemed reasonable, and quietly went down one, losing two hearts, the spade king offside, and a club ruff. Opening leader had JT sixth of clubs. If you want to make the hand, you need to win in dummy and at tricks 2 and 3 jettison the AK of clubs on the AK of diamonds. I actually thought about doing this briefly at the table but discarded it because it seemed flashy and I would catch so much hell if it wasn't right. You seem to have not nearly enough tricks if they win the first heart and play a spade through.they will get three hearts and a spade if they do it right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gartinmale Posted January 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 Agreed. They still have to mess up, and you need the spade and heart positions to be favorable, because your entry to dummy is a heart ruff. And I don't think the line is percentage. But since the other line led to instant down one (for everyone - nobody made the hand), I thought the jettison was worth posting since I'd never seen something like it in actual play before. I probably should have said "If you want to have a chance of making the hand", not "If you want to make the hand". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antrax Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 But is 6-1 clubs, even given the lead, more likely than the layout that makes on that play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gartinmale Posted January 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 No. But despite my misuse of language earlier, I don't think I've claimed that the jettison is percentage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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