MartyD24 Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 AJ9XXQxx you have plenty of entries and cannot afford to lose a trick. Of course, you must place the K with west. So, how do you takle this one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunemPard Posted April 5, 2014 Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 I see no difference in low to the J or Q to low other than that we may catch west sleeping if we start with the Q and they don't cover holding KTx. Then we don't have to guess after QKAx. But if they do cover, then I think you still should play for the drop if you have nothing to go off of. You definitely don't want to start by low to the 9 though. When east does have single T you will lose when starting with the Q or low to J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillPatch Posted April 6, 2014 Report Share Posted April 6, 2014 If we assume that west will correctly cover with Kxx or KTx it is a three way guess between those holdings and west Kx. The advantage of playing the immediate finesse of the J is that it minimizes the number of undertricks when it fails. Leading the Q, as RunemPard has noted, will take advantage of a defensive lapse common against non-experts. You can never beat a 4-1 break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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