Trick13 Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 [hv=pc=n&s=saj87543haj86dtca&w=sqhk2dqj863ck9853&n=s62ht743da97cjt72&e=skt9hq95dk542cq64]399|300[/hv] Against 4♠, West lead a ♦. At the table I unsuccessfully played East for ♥Hx. It's not immediately apparent how to make it double-dummy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manudude03 Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 Pretty hand. Win the lead and play a heart covering East as cheaply as possible. West wins the king and returns say another diamond. You ruff, cash 1 top spade and then lead the ♥J (or the 8 if East played the 9 before). Now if East ducks, you have held your heart losers to 1 and can just give up 2 spades. If East wins the heart, you have an entry to the table to take the trump finesse. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 [hv=pc=n&w=sqhk2dqj863ck9853&n=s62ht743da97cjt72&e=skt9hq95dk542cq64&s=saj87543haj86dtca&d=S&a=4Sppp]399|300|Against 4♠, West lead a ♦. At the table I unsuccessfully played East for ♥Hx. It's not immediately apparent how to make it double-dummy.[/hv][hv=pc=n&w=sKhK9dKJT98cKJT98&n=s32ht432dA32c5432&e=sQt9hQ7654dQcq74&s=saj87654haj65d4cA]399|300|You can win ♦A, cross to hand with a non-♥, and lead a small ♥.Basically, this is the same line as manudude03's, but this simplified diagram shows that it isn't reliant on ♥ pips:[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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