ochinko Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 I was kibitzing on this one, and there was an argument later about the proper play. The bidding went:E S W NP P P 1♣*P 2♦ P 5NTP 6♦ * precision[hv=d=e&v=b&n=saq6ha9da76cakjt2&s=s72hk5dkj9854c876]133|200|Scoring: IMP[/hv] ♠8 is lead, declarer put the Queen which won. With that hurdle behind you what should be the safest play of the trump and the clubs? Petko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 Cash the ♦K and eliminate the majors. If the ♦10 drops run the ♦J to East for an endplay. This guards against a 4-0 break in trumps as well. If you see you have a trump loser, cash a top club before finessing or surrendering your trump trick. Example sequence with ♦QTx in West: ♦K, ♠A, ♠ruff, 2 top ♥ ending in hand. ♦JQK East shows out. ♣Ace and a diamond. Now just finesse the ♣. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 agree with gerben's line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 Can't find anything better either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ochinko Posted April 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 Well done, Gerben! When playng a small ♦ East shows out. West was dealt ♦QT32 and a singleton ♣Q. At the table the declarer cashed ♦A and went down. What I was wondering about was whether it would be better to finesse the clubs once, so that you know how you should play the diamonds - for 5 or for 6 tricks. The danger is that East could have ♣Qxxx and return a club for his partner to ruff. Marginal percentage difference but seams to be against the clubs first. Petko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 What I was wondering about was whether it would be better to finesse the clubs once, so that you know how you should play the diamonds - for 5 or for 6 tricks. I though of this as well, but then realised that playing ♦ for 5 and 6 tricks start both by playing ♦K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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