sailoranch Posted August 13, 2012 Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 [hv=pc=n&s=saq5ha872dk4ck854&n=sj984hj4dt73cat73&d=s&v=n&b=15&a=1nppp]266|200[/hv] Unfavorable at IMPs. The opponents are playing Landy. West leads the ♦Q, East playing an upside-down ♦5. If you lead a club from hand, West plays the ♣9. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted August 13, 2012 Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 How good are my opps? The 9 is a standard false card from J9xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sailoranch Posted August 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 I'd assume the opponents are good, alert enough to falsecard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted August 13, 2012 Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 How good are my opps? The 9 is a standard false card from J9xx Not when we lead low toward dummy. If were to play the King from hand, I would agree. I think LHO is splitting clubs a lot of the time. It would be wrong to let us win a cheap trick with the T and come away with 1♦ + 3♣+ 3 (1 fast + 2 slow or 2 fast + 1 slow) tricks in the the majors. I cannot tell with certainty what is happening in the diamond suit. LHO might have led from QJ2 or RHO might be discouraging from 52 or being cute with 9 or 852. It seems wrong to play low to the ♣A. If RHO has the diamond length as I expect, I would tend to put him on shorter clubs. If I catch a singleton honor on my right, I'm playing for overtricks. Playing clubs early tends to confirm the King, so I don't think I am losing much even though weaker opponents won't place me with the K. I'm inclined to win the ♣A and put the ♠J on the table. In most layouts, I need the spade hook to work anyway and RHO probably is not covering from Kxxx. If the ♠J gets covered, I will revert to clubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sailoranch Posted August 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2012 The best line I could come up with was to play ♠A and a spade toward the jack. We win immediately if West rises or the ten drops. If the jack holds, we can try clubs; otherwise, we still have a quick entry to pick up 3-3 spades. Here's the actual lie: [hv=pc=n&s=saq5ha872dk4ck854&w=s63hk9653dqj962c9&n=sj984hj4dt73cat73&e=skt72hqtda85cqj62&d=s&v=n&b=15&a=1nppp]399|300[/hv] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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