badderzboy Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 [hv=d=s&v=n&n=sq105hqj1096dqj96cj&s=sak763hkdak1073c86]133|200|Scoring: MPContract is 4♠ by South. Lead is 8 Diamonds Plan the play[/hv] You are playing duplicate pairs so overtricks count! Most of the field made 10 can you make 11? What could the lead mean? Who do u want to have the A♥? What tricks must u lose? Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 is it really 4H or did you mean to say 4S? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walddk Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 How did South of all people become declarer in 4♥? I will be happy to suggest a line of play if 4♥ is the contract, but I will wait for your confirmation. Roland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badderzboy Posted April 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 Sorry 4 Spades of course! Corrected! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ochinko Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 How did South of all people become declarer in 4♥? I will be happy to suggest a line of play if 4♥ is the contract, but I will wait for your confirmation. RolandWeird but not completely improbable: 1NT - 2♦ - 2♥ - 4♥ :blink: Petko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted April 3, 2005 Report Share Posted April 3, 2005 I would play 2 rounds of spades and then the king of hearts. this wins when the stiff diamond has 2 trumps, or if diamonds happen to be 2-2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badderzboy Posted April 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2005 Thanks Justin, Yes thats the correct line to make 11. The Diamond lead could be a singleton or doubleton so u need to cash as u say two rounds - if Spades are 4-1 you will lose to the J anyway unless J singleton. The only additional thing is to win 1 of the two rounds of spades with the Q as you can then ruff a second club if they play two rounds of clubs after taking the A♥. I was hoping it was a useful hand to demonstrate not to cash out trumps immediately but to think a little first. I imagine Adv+ players would do this line pretty much automatically. Ironically I made 12 as they didn't cash A♣ but I'm pretty sure the other declarers cashed 3 rounds of ♠ before playing the K♥ which gives u the two club losers and A♥. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted April 3, 2005 Report Share Posted April 3, 2005 well played, yes it is a very good instructive hand. Hands where you cash all but 1 trump are not intuitive to most players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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