eagles123 Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 North: ♠QJT62♥AJ873♦ -♣AK7 South: ♠K5♥T9♦T6532♣QJ83 slightly kamikaze bidding by north but last board of a long session :lol: north open 1♠ east 2♦ south pass west 3 ♦ north 4♥ east pass south 4♠ pass pass pass lead is the K♦ Whats your plan Eagles123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamHenry Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 Ruff immediately and lead a small heart. I hope to lose 1♠ and 2♥; my real concern is losing trump control, but this line makes it look like I'm planning to ruff two hearts in dummy or score a cross-ruff. Of course, if they do win and return a diamond, I ruff that then play cross-ruff lines (crossing in ♣). Edit: I've just dashed this post off at the end of a long day in the office so it might be little more sane than North's bidding, but from what I can see N got lucky. Let's hope I did too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhm Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 I start similarly but I have no intention of losing 2 heart tricks.You need to search for a favorable layout I play East for 5332 distribution with 3 clubs and the trump ace and either three hearts with at most one honor or Hx in hearts. Ruff, play low heart If East goes in and continues diamonds, cash 3 clubs ending in dummy and finesse in hearts.Next play a low heart. If East ruffs low, over-ruff and play a trump. What can West do? Probably win the diamond return, cash your last trump and the ace of hearts. If East discards, ruff low, ruff a diamond and feed West another hearts to make the trump king en passant. I see no way how opponents can stop me from winning at least 3 clubs, at least one heart and either 6 trumps or 5 trumps and another heart. If West wins and continues diamonds, I play similarly, only that I will try to drop the heart honor from East by playing the ♥A on the second round. Rainer Herrmann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWO4BRIDGE Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 I'm worried too about losing trump control with the ♦-taps . Maybe I can use the ♥-suit as a diversion ( similar to CamHenry ) but lead a ♣ to the Q for the ♥10 up ....for a finesse .East wins and maybe leads ♠A and another ( thinking to kill a ♥-ruff ).Win K and lead ♥9 covering w/J -- hoping it wins because of split honors. Next ♠Q :.... if ♠were 3-3, then you can afford to lose another ♥ if they don't split 3-3 . You still have a trump to win the ♦ tap and your hand is good. .... if ♠ 4-2 , then you need the 3-3 ♥ split [ EDIT or West with H x ] . EDIT: Rainer's opp ♥-holding also in play here if West is H x , then you can still win against 4-2 ♠-split. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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