nielsfoged Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 [hv=pc=n&s=sthqt642d82caj754&n=saq6hk873dqj9ck86&d=w&v=b&b=4&a=1s1n2s3hp4hppp]266|200[/hv]Lead ♠4 (4th best)You successfully finess with ♠Q (RHO plays ♠2 showing and even number), and you continue with ♠A discarding ♦2.What do you play in trick 3, and how do you expect the continuation to be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gszes Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 rho has a dia honor (hard to imagine choosing a speculative spade lead over a dia with AK)and probably a little something extra but not much with 4 spades. So I am pretty much playinglho for the heart A and the club Q. trick 3 ruff a spadetrick 4 low heart toward the dummy and lets see what lho plays. I will generally play rho for3 hearts if I have to guess. My intent is to play the top 2 clubs unless something about thedistribution convinces me otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nielsfoged Posted February 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 rho has a dia honor (hard to imagine choosing a speculative spade lead over a dia with AK)and probably a little something extra but not much with 4 spades. So I am pretty much playinglho for the heart A and the club Q. trick 3 ruff a spadetrick 4 low heart toward the dummy and lets see what lho plays. I will generally play rho for3 hearts if I have to guess. My intent is to play the top 2 clubs unless something about thedistribution convinces me otherwise.Your analysis of opponents hands is fine, but it seems that your trump holding in hand could become (almost?) too short. I believe there is a better card to be played in trick 3..., but maybe I am not right?/Niels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinarius Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Diamond honours are almost certainly split. I ruff a spade to clear them. Then I play diamond 8 towards dummy. D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suokko Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 Planing to ruff one spade and two diamonds and play clubs from top to end play Qxx to open trumps sounds like nice plan to avoid trump control issues. I would expect RHO to hold a balanced hand to only bid 2♠ (if they play 4 card majors I would reevaluate my thinking) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 Planing to ruff one spade and two diamonds and play clubs from top to end play Qxx to open trumps sounds like nice plan to avoid trump control issues.So you come down to[hv=pc=n&s=shqtdc54&n=shk873dc]133|200[/hv]with a defender on lead. They just lead a spade, and you're in a worse position than if you'd just drawn trumps. For example, if you ruff in dummy and play a heart to the queen, you lose to a trump promotion when the hearts are Ax-Jx, which would be fairly embarrassing. I would expect RHO to hold a balanced hand to only bid 2♠ (if they play 4 card majors I would reevaluate my thinking)If RHO has a balanced hand, you're cold simply by ruffing a spade at trump two and playing a heart towards the king. Presumably the objective is to make when LHO has ♥AJx, without having to guess the club layout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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