MickyB Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 [hv=pc=n&s=skqj4hat9dqj6c874&n=sa9653hdk752cq952&d=w&v=n&b=12&a=4hd(Joe%20Boo%20Double)p4s(Agree%3F)ppdp(Agree%3F)pp]266|200|Another hand from the English Premier League. HK lead[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickyB Posted September 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 My first few tricks: I ruffed trick 1, played a spade to the king [both following] and the queen of spades [LHO following], do you overtake? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilKing Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 My first few tricks: I ruffed trick 1, played a spade to the king [both following] and the queen of spades [LHO following], do you overtake? Asking "do you overtake?" is a bit of a clue to winning (very pretty) line, but when West follows to the second spade he is almost nailed on to be 2722, since he would surely have led a singleton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gszes Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 i see 4 possible hands for w to have that gives me a chancexx KQJxxxx xxx K xx KQJxxxxx xx K xx KQJxxxxx xxx voidxx KQJxxxx xx (KJ or JT)i did not include x in clubs or dia since either of those leads would be preferable to the heart K. I can cater to all 4 hand types if trumps are 22. If lho has 3 trumps Iam reduced to hoping for a 33 dia break and pull the last trump andattack diamonds. If trumps break 22 however I have a much more interesting lop. trick 1 ruff hearttrick 2 spade Ktrick 3 spade Q to A (trumps breaking 22)trick 4 low dia (rho must duck or hand is over)trick 5 heart A (pitch a club)trick 6 ruff a hearttrick 7 low dia (rho must duck again or hand is over) this will leave us with the following position 9voidKxQ9x Jxvoidxxxx we now lead dia to the K.if dia break 33 hand is over since spade 9 providesentry to good dia and all we lose are 2 clubs and a dia If dia break 42 rho must win and return a dia which we ruff reducing our 2 hands to 9voidvoidQ9x Jvoidvoidxxx we now exit with a club and remember that lho had a chance topitch any endplay club holding on the 3rd/4th round of dia. so if lho began with void KT Kx Jx Tx xx in clubs we are downif lho began with K KJ JT there is nothing they can do eitherby holding onto their clubs or pitching them on diamondsas long as we cover the J if lho plays it. If lho pitched offendingclub honor(s) all we have to do is play the 9 and the most rho cando is take 2 club tricks before surrendering a club for trick 10. The main advantage of this lop over assuming lho began 7222(very likely) is that it takes advantage of 33 dia breaks on top ofall the 7222 hands where it makes any difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickyB Posted September 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 You've almost got the line, Gszes. You can make when LHO holds xx KQJxxxx xx xx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickyB Posted September 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 The winning line: Ruff the heartTrump to king, queen of trumps overtaking when LHO followsDiamond to the queenHeart ruffDiamond to the jackHeart ace, pitching a diamondDiamond, RHO is endplayed LHO holds xx KQJxxxx xx xx, RHO holds xx xxx ATxx AKJT 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sathyab Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 I'm going to assume RHO has ♦A and ♣AK for his double opposite partner's w/r preempt. If trumps are 2-2, this seems easy enough. Ruff T1, ♦ to Q, ♠K, ♠A, ♦ to J, ♥A pitching a ♦, ♥ ruff, ♦K. Not sure how good my chances are if trumps are 3-1. If you try to pitch a ♣, eliminate ♥ and throw RHO with ♦A, looks like he can foil it by flying with ♦A on the 2nd round and playing a ♦ back when he still has a trump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilKing Posted September 25, 2012 Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 I'm going to assume RHO has ♦A and ♣AK for his double opposite partner's w/r preempt. If trumps are 2-2, this seems easy enough. Ruff T1, ♦ to Q .... Next! East flies with the East and plays AK and another club, West ruffing the third round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gszes Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 The winning line: Ruff the heartTrump to king, queen of trumps overtaking when LHO followsDiamond to the queenHeart ruffDiamond to the jackHeart ace, pitching a diamondDiamond, RHO is endplayed LHO holds xx KQJxxxx xx xx, RHO holds xx xxx ATxx AKJT i liked my lop until i read this one and am ashamed to admit it never occurred to me. It handlesall of the possible variants my lop handled plus anytime lho started with xx in clubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecalm Posted October 10, 2012 Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 I don't understand not redoubling.Nice play though :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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