phoenix214 Posted March 15, 2016 Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 Club bridge - match points. Most people play strong club in the event with a catchall 1D.Opening lead DJ - what line do you take?[hv=pc=n&s=skjt9542h8dakq75c&n=s63hq532dt62cqt92&d=n&v=b&b=13&a=p1d(10-15%200%2B!D)4sppp]266|200[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted March 15, 2016 Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 The danger here is that W has a singleton diamond and 3 trumps (there's nothing we can do if E has AQ double). We can possibly do something about it if E has stiff A or Q. If E has stiff A and W gets the right switch he can take 2 ruffs, so we can concentrate on stiff Q. So in theory we put K♠ on the table. Of course in practice, the defence have to get it right and E may have to guess which of his aces is standing up to signal if he's 1444 and may get it wrong if 2443 with ♠AQ. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmnka447 Posted March 15, 2016 Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 +1 for cyberyeti. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanoff Posted March 15, 2016 Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 What about other 2-2 trump breaks. K beats ♠Qx with West which is slightly more likely than ♠Ax.So I vote for ♠K as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daffydoc Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 this is a standard play and fairly automatic - the nearly 100% play is spade king daffydoc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msjennifer Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 Stiff Ace with RHO is not going to help.But leading the king may help if LHO has Qx doubleton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix214 Posted March 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 Well I can agree that if you are going to play in spades - the right card to play is the King of spades - but this board has a small twist - is it 100% right that the playing spades here is the right choice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 Well I can agree that if you are going to play in spades - the right card to play is the King of spades - but this board has a small twist - is it 100% right that the playing spades here is the right choice? playing a heart gives up your chances of a wrong switch, and I wasn't convinced it gained anything 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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