sakuragi Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 bd 20 I see no reason not to play the sk. Not our day ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandakh Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 Given your lack af agreements, you were lucky partner had a hand that could guess 4♠ was natural. Otherwise it might have felt even less like your day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 [hv=lin=pn|JEC,gszeszycki,BridgeGoth,sakuragi|st||md|2SAH2579KD58QKC57J%2CS5H348TJD2JAC46KA%2CS9JQH6QAD46TC23TQ%2C|rh||ah|Board%2020|sv|b|mb|1H|mb|p|mb|4S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|DK|pc|DA|pc|D4|pc|D3|pc|S5|pc|S9|pc|SK|pc|SA|pc|H2|pc|H4|pc|HQ|pc|S3|pc|S8|pc|H5|pc|H3|pc|SJ|pc|DT|pc|D7|pc|DQ|pc|D2|pc|H7|pc|H8|pc|HA|pc|S6|pc|ST|pc|D5|pc|HJ|pc|SQ|pc|H6|mc|9|]300|300| sakuragi says "I see no reason not to play the sk. Not our day ..." But, I'm told, it so nearly was! Well done. [/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gszes Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 opps have 4 trumps AQJ9 when u lead from board the 9 pops so you need to go through the different cases in your head before making a play. You are looking for cases where your play makes a difference. If lho began with: your choice is insert the T or the KAQJ9 makes no difference you will lose 3 spadesAQ9/AJ9 makes no difference you will lose 2 spadesQJ9 inserting the K will lose 3 spade tricks anything else loses 2 spade tricksA9 ducking loses 2 spade tricks rising with K loses 1 spade trickQ9/J9 makes no difference you are losing 2 spade tricks9 makes no difference you are losing 3 spade tricks Note that once the 9 appears we need to assess what to do given our overall strategy of making 4s. It appear we have 1 dia loser so we should gear our trump suit play to trying to make sure we lose no more than 2 spades. The ONLY situation where it makes any difference is when lho begins with QJ9 if we insert the K we lose 3 spade tricks (I think it is a mistake for lho to not split honors here since a trump coupe appears to be VERY VERY unlikely). Since it makes no difference in any other holding inserting the T is the right play for that reason alone. It is not just the suit itself in isolation but in conjunction with your overall strategy. If you needed to hold your trump losers to 1 than going up with the K would be right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sakuragi Posted February 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 AQ9/AJ9 makes no difference you will lose 2 spades lose 3 spades playing the T.lose 2 spades playing the K. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gszes Posted February 15, 2016 Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 lose 3 spades playing the T.lose 2 spades playing the K. SO that's why I keep screwing up!!!!!! yet I give opinions with such confidence. The K is right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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