pclayton Posted November 22, 2004 Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 Believe it or not, you cruise into 6♦ on this layout: [hv=d=s&v=b&n=s432hdjt632caj732&s=sa6hjt72dak84cq98]133|200|Scoring: IMP[/hv] Auction: South.....West.....North.....East1♦.......4♥.......5♦.......5♠6♦.......Double.......all pass Opening lead: A♥, ♦2, 9, 22. ♦3, 5, A, 6 You are amazed slam actually has a decent play. Now what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted November 22, 2004 Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 East has 8♠, 1♥ If he has 2♦ adn 2♣ we have to play ♦K now and we have asy 12/13 tricks. If he has 1♦ and 3♣ we will need to find ♣K doubleton onside, so play ♦K to get the ♣ count. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke warm Posted November 22, 2004 Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 i think, no matter what, the ♣K needs to be right... think i'd play the ♦A then lead low ♣ to the J... if this wins, i enter hand with ♦K... if they split 2/2 there's no problem.. if they don't, we have to decide whether or not to play the ♣K as doubleton or the ♣10 as doubleton (with east) if diamonds split 3/1 i'm almost forced to play west for Kx of clubs.. so i lead low to the A i guess, dropping the 10 later with the Q.. i'm probably down, sigh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted November 23, 2004 Report Share Posted November 23, 2004 i think, no matter what, the ♣K needs to be right This is not true. If you have no diamond losers (♦2-2), you can afford a club loser. But there is a problem. If you cash a diamond ACE, and lose a club hook, a third round of diamonds leaves you one trick short. Also, if you try a club hook with a diamond still out, EAST might win and give WEST a spade ruff (surely west has a spade void at this vul). So the way I would play is cash the second top diamond. Suit is 3-1 or I make. If EAST has three diamomnds to the Queen, I will lead the club QUEEN, playing west for four to the king (KTxx or Kxxx). If West has htree diamonds to the queen, I will lead a low club to the jack then cash the club ACe. (playing west for Kx of clubs). Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted November 23, 2004 Report Share Posted November 23, 2004 If you have no diamond losers (♦2-2), you can afford a club loser. But there is a problem. If you cash a diamond ACE, and lose a club hook, a third round of diamonds leaves you one trick short. Also, if you try a club hook with a diamond still out, EAST might win and give WEST a spade ruff (surely west has a spade void at this vul). mm I think that after a ♣ hook loss if a third ♦ is coming you are kinda down with at least 2 top losers :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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