Riverida Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 [hv=pc=n&s=saqjt8hkjd5cakq43&n=sk32haq54d6432c52&d=s&v=0&b=11&a=1s3d3sp4np5hp6sppp]266|200[/hv] West leads K♦.East cashes with A ♦and returns ♠,South puts 10♠,west discards ♦.East has 5 cards in♠ but as he doesn't return ♦ we presume that his A♦ is single.As we know now that in the beginning east has 5♠ and single A♦ we should not go down. The situation is: [hv=pc=n&s=saqj8hkjdcakq43&n=sk3haq54d643c52]133|200[/hv] How? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamHenry Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 ♣A, K, ruff high, trump finesse, draw trumps, ♣Q. This makes if E has at least 2 ♣; if E has 5 ♣ then you use the ♥KJ as entries for two club ruffs and then lead dummy's ♥AQ for the trump coup. I don't think you can combine chances for E starting with 5=6=1=1 or 5=7=1=0 - this layout can be picked up by unblocking ♥, crossing to dummy's ♠K, cashing ♥AQ discarding ♣, then taking the trump finesse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhm Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 The hand can always be made double dummy. Run spades. If West has 4 or more hearts you have a red suits squeeze against West. Just cash your clubs after trumpsIf West has 4 or more clubs you have a minor suit squeeze, just cash and overtake hearts after trumps. Unfortunately you do not know which suit West controls. He will discard diamond on the trumps. So playing to ruff a club seems best since West is very unlikely to hold 5 clubs. Rainer Hermann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 There must be something wrong with this line, because Rainer hasn't mentioned it yet: Play ♥K, ♥J. If West follows, he can't have more than four clubs, so we can safely ruff a club high and take a trump finesse. If West has a singleton heart, cross in spades and cash the other two hearts. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayin801 Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 There must be something wrong with this line, because Rainer hasn't mentioned it yet: Play ♥K, ♥J. If West follows, he can't have more than four clubs, so we can safely ruff a club high and take a trump finesse. If West has a singleton heart, cross in spades and cash the other two hearts. "Technically" West could be 0=6=7=0 or 0=0=7=6 so no ruffing line is completely safe?. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gszes Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 There must be something wrong with this line, because Rainer hasn't mentioned it yet: Play ♥K, ♥J. If West follows, he can't have more than four clubs, so we can safely ruff a club high and take a trump finesse. If West has a singleton heart, cross in spades and cash the other two hearts.I will be happy to pay off to lho holding 6 hearts (we will win the match with bidding alone) this is the best way to go no guesswork. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 I will be happy to pay off to lho holding 6 heartsThere's no need to take that risk, in fact. Cash one heart. If West follows, he can't have six clubs. Then cash one club. If West follows, he can't have six hearts, so it's safe to cash the second heart. This hand is starting to look familar. Is it from a Tim Bourke book? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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