inquiry Posted February 18, 2005 Report Share Posted February 18, 2005 Two heart slams in less than 12 hours. Both look great, both at imps. How do you plan for potential disasters... HAND ONE[hv=d=s&v=a&n=sa9754hak76dakj5c&s=sqhqt842dq6cak853]133|200|Scoring: IMPWest North East South - - - 1♥ Pass 1♠ 2♣ Pass Pass 3♣ Pass 3NT Pass 4♣ Pass 4♥ Pass 4NT Pass 5♦ Pass 7♥ Pass Pass Pass [/hv] Opening lead ♣6 HAND TWO[hv=d=s&v=a&n=sa9754hak76dakj5c&s=sqhqt842dq6cak853]133|200|Scoring: IMPWest North East South - - - 1♥ Pass 1♠ 2♣ Pass Pass 3♣ Pass 3NT Pass 4♣ Pass 4♥ Pass 4NT Pass 5♦ Pass 7♥ Pass Pass Pass [/hv] Opening lead ♣2 to Jack-Queen. Plan your play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotShot Posted February 18, 2005 Report Share Posted February 18, 2005 Hand one: ♣ to the King,small ♥ to the king,ace of ♠, followed by a small ♠ to ruff,small ♥ to the ace, a small ♠ to ruff,♥Q (if ♥ where not 2-2), ace of ♣ dump the last ♠and claim Hand two:What do you mean with "Opening lead ♣2 to Jack-Queen." ? Your diagramm shows KQ! I don't like that one, i'll try to make the ♠ run. Take the ♣ at south, ruff a small ♠ at the table, play a small ♥ to the ace hopping to see two trumps from opps,ruff another small spade, ♥ to the K, ruff another small ♠ might lose that to the J♥. I win ♦ and ♣ at the table, draw A♠ drop ♦ and if ♠ are not high yet i car ruff another spade, ruff a ♦ and home i am. (Hopefully!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted February 18, 2005 Report Share Posted February 18, 2005 Hmm, maybe I am missing s.th., but the obvious line for hand 1 seems to be:Ruff heart in dummy, cash ♥A; claim one down if LHO has all hearts, and claim making by drawing trumps and having 13 top tricks otherwise.I don't see any reasonable line to cater for LHO to have 4 hearts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimG Posted February 18, 2005 Report Share Posted February 18, 2005 I think hand one does sort of play itself. Ruff the opening lead, ♠A, ruff a spade, high club. I think you're home even if west has all the trumps as long as you guess to play your winners in the right order. You know LHO will be the one ruffing any clubs and presume RHO will be the one ruffing any spades, so you're not in danger of an over ruff. So, I don't think this will cost when trumps are 22 or 31. But, there could be some point where you have to decide whether to play for trumps 40. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junyi_zhu Posted February 18, 2005 Report Share Posted February 18, 2005 Two heart slams in less than 12 hours. Both look great, both at imps. How do you plan for potential disasters... HAND ONE[hv=d=s&v=a&n=sa9754hak76dakj5c&s=sqhqt842dq6cak853]133|200|Scoring: IMPWest North East South - - - 1♥ Pass 1♠ 2♣ Pass Pass 3♣ Pass 3NT Pass 4♣ Pass 4♥ Pass 4NT Pass 5♦ Pass 7♥ Pass Pass Pass [/hv] Opening lead ♣6 HAND TWO[hv=d=s&v=a&n=sa9754hak76dakj5c&s=sqhqt842dq6cak853]133|200|Scoring: IMPWest North East South - - - 1♥ Pass 1♠ 2♣ Pass Pass 3♣ Pass 3NT Pass 4♣ Pass 4♥ Pass 4NT Pass 5♦ Pass 7♥ Pass Pass Pass [/hv] Opening lead ♣2 to Jack-Queen. Plan your play. For the first one, I'd win in hand, pitch one spade, and play HQ, if H 4-0, I'd then ruff S with HT, double finnesse H, ruff S with H8, finesse and draw trumps and claim. If somebody holds 4 hearts, it must be west because east has shown long clubs and it's extremely unlikely that east holds long clubs and 4 trumps and west holds at least 11 cards in spades and diamonds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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