squealydan Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 [hv=pc=n&s=saqjthat92da74c86&n=sk83hkq73d5cat532]133|200[/hv] Playing Acol with south dealer, you end up in 6H from south, after a diamond splinter from north and no bidding from EW. West leads the 9♠. Their convention card says low from three or more to an honour, second top from three or more small, top of doubletons. How do you play it from here? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunemPard Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 If ♥ sit 4/1 you have no chance that I can see. Play the KQ of trumps and lead ♦ for a return. Play the ♠ and hope for a doubleton. Play the ♦ to cut again. ♣A followed by another ♣. Get the lead and pull trump to cash remaining 2 spades. I hope? Play the diamond to partner and return for a cut, return heart to partner and play another diamond to cut again. Pull another trump and play clubs 2 rounds? I will go with that instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Statto Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 Aim to ruff 2 ♦. But comms are an issue so I will start by ducking a ♣. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 [hv=pc=n&s=saqjthat92da74c86&n=sk83hkq73d5cat532]133|200|squealydan writes "Playing Acol with south dealer, you end up in 6H from south, after a diamond splinter from north and no bidding from EW. West leads the 9♠. Their convention card says low from three or more to an honour, second top from three or more small, top of doubletons. How do you play it from here?" If you're worried about ♠ ruffs, you can play RHO for doubleton or trebleton ♥J.♠Q, ♦A, ruff a ♦ with ♥Q, finesse ♥9, ruff a ♦ with ♥K, finesse ♥T, ♥A, Claim :)Partner may be unsympahetic when LHO has ♥J and ♠ are 3-3 :([/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtewari Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 [hv=pc=n&s=saqjthat92da74c86&n=sk83hkq73d5cat532]133|200[/hv] Playing Acol with south dealer, you end up in 6H from south, after a diamond splinter from north and no bidding from EW. West leads the 9♠. Their convention card says low from three or more to an honour, second top from three or more small, top of doubletons. How do you play it from here? Win. Ace of diamond diamond ruff small. Cash heart king. If singleton J comes then OK if spades on worse than 4-2. Otherwise, concede a low club. Plan to enter hand with a spade to take another diamond ruff. Cash heart queen. If jack appears on right overtake to draw trumps. Else enter hand with club ruff and hope for the best... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 If LHO really has a singleton spade, we have to play as Nigel suggests, but that's not particularly good odds. A 1=5 spade break would mean that ♥J is 12:8 to be offside, and we're going down on all sorts of normal layouts, as well as giving up all chance of coping with a 4-1 trump break. Unless the lead came out very quickly, I'd duck a club at trick two, then play to set the clubs up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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