mr1303 Posted February 6, 2013 Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 AKQ93KQ82K873 Opposite6AJ9732AK10935 After a relay auction in which South's exact shape is known, and East has doubled clubs twice for the lead, you get a low club lead against 6H. East wins with the Queen and plays a low spade. How do you play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunemPard Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 low ♠, ruff...♥A and back to other hand until trumps are gone...I play for the 4/3 split in spades... The cross ruff seems to require 2/2 trump split if I am thinking correctly...so this should give better odds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwar0123 Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 Well something bad must have happened, because the obvious line(to me) looks very unlikely to fail. K of hearts(if both follow, than J, else take Q), diamond ace, ruff diamond, KQ of spades pitching 2 diamonds, back to hand with club ruff and pull any outstanding trump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 low ♠, ruff...♥A and back to other hand until trumps are gone...I play for the 4/3 split in spades... The cross ruff seems to require 2/2 trump split if I am thinking correctly...so this should give better odds? You can easilly improve this playing ♠AK before ruffing, wich should tell you if 4/3 is coming or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunemPard Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 You can easilly improve this playing ♠AK before ruffing, wich should tell you if 4/3 is coming or not. true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr1303 Posted February 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 Spades were 2-5 and hearts were 3-1. I won the spade in dummy, cashed the KQ of hearts, ruffed a diamond, then played for 4-3 spades, so I went 1 down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesh Posted March 2, 2013 Report Share Posted March 2, 2013 AKQ93KQ82K873 Opposite6AJ9732AK10935 After a relay auction in which South's exact shape is known, and East has doubled clubs twice for the lead, you get a low club lead against 6H. East wins with the Queen and plays a low spade. How do you play? From the low club lead I assume he has 3 cards. Then 6♥ 2♠ 2 ruffs and 2♦ are 12 tricks. Win, cash one ♥ if everyone follows, then cash one ♠, ♦ to the ace small ♦ ruff, ♣ ruff, ♦ ruff, ♣ or ♠ ruff if LHO has 2♣, draw trumps. If trumps are 4-0 cash two more ♠, ♦ to the ace, ♦ ruff, cash the K♥, ♣ ruff, draw trumps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alik1974 Posted March 2, 2013 Report Share Posted March 2, 2013 IMO it's better to play on ♦ than ♠. Even if they don't split, you might still survive (for example, if East has a singleton ♦, he may be unable to overruff the 8). So the plan is to ruff two ♦ in dummy. Or maybe 3 ♦. Depends on whether the second ♠ will cash. So you can attempt to cash a ♠ in the second trick, which will either provide a ♦ discard (in case they don't split well) or give yousome information about East's distribution. If everything goes well, you will score 6♥ and either - 5 ♦ tricks and 1♠, or- 4♦ and 2♠. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gszes Posted March 2, 2013 Report Share Posted March 2, 2013 IMO it's better to play on ♦ than ♠. Even if they don't split, you might still survive (for example, if East has a singleton ♦, he may be unable to overruff the 8). So the plan is to ruff two ♦ in dummy. Or maybe 3 ♦. Depends on whether the second ♠ will cash. So you can attempt to cash a ♠ in the second trick, which will either provide a ♦ discard (in case they don't split well) or give yousome information about East's distribution. If everything goes well, you will score 6♥ and either - 5 ♦ tricks and 1♠, or- 4♦ and 2♠.this line seems the most promising that spade return at trick 2 should look ominous virtuallyguaranteeing the suit wont break 43 ---rho had a much safer looking trump or diamond return. BTW include the bidding when possible becasue many defensive ideas are based on the knowndistribution in declarers hand:)))))))))))))))))))) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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