plaur Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 [hv=pc=n&s=saj653ha3d4cat942&n=sq98h9854dq76ckqj]133|200|South is playing 4♠. Lead small ♥ to the J.[/hv]What is the best plan at IMP? at Matchpoints?How do you rate the plan: Take A♥, enter dummy in ♣. Play small ♠ to Jack. When it holds, opps showing 2 and 4. Now play A♠? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanoff Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 Just play A and another spade asap. You should get a decent score for making at imp or mp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yunling Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Hard to decide whether to duck the first trick or not, I think the exact number of the lead is needed here.The potential of a ♥ ruff as well as a ♣ ruff is really annoying.I'll probably think for a long time before taking the wrong line :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 It seems to be even odds to play for trumps 10x/Kxx or 10xx/Kx. Maybe entering dummy with a club and running the ♠Q is better, as it caters for 1 loser in the case of x/KTxx as well (both MP and IMP). Also, it's not 100% sure everybody will be bidding this game, so making 10 tricks rates to be an AVG+ board regardless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shyams Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 It seems to be even odds to play for trumps 10x/Kxx or 10xx/Kx. Maybe entering dummy with a club and running the ♠Q is better, as it caters for 1 loser in the case of x/KTxx as well (both MP and IMP). The ♠7 is with the defenders. It does not help to enter dummy to run the ♠Q if trumps are 4-1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Ah, you're right. That reminded me of another option, which is to play a spade to the 9, just in case spades are KTxx/x and LHO ducked. I don't find this very likely, but maybe it's the right play at imps. If the opening lead hints at heart length somewhere, you can play ♠A/Q accordingly. Other than that it seems like a toss at MP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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