Fluffy Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 [hv=pc=n&s=sajt8hakq52dj4ck9&n=s542hjt73dak5cj52&d=s&v=0&b=11&a=1hp2hp4hppp]266|200[/hv] MPs, nobody vulnerable, Lead is ♥9 (hearts break 2-2) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaitlyn S Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 [hv=pc=n&s=sajt8hakq52dj4ck9&n=s542hjt73dak5cj52&d=s&v=0&b=11&a=1hp2hp4hppp]266|200[/hv] MPs, nobody vulnerable, Lead is ♥9 (hearts break 2-2)Eliminate diamonds early, lead a spade to the ♠10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMoe Posted October 31, 2016 Report Share Posted October 31, 2016 Tricky.If you eliminate ♦ first then you have to use both ♥J10 as entries to play on ♠. But that leaves you badly placed if ♠ are 4-2 as you cannot ruff your 4th ♠. Instead draw trumps in 2 and play one ♦ to dummy, and finesse in ♠. If West returns a ♦, you can now safely eliminate the suit and return to dummy with a trump for the second ♠ finesse. If you lose to an offside ♠KQ check to see if ♠ break 3-3. if not, ruff the 4th and take the ♣ finesse. The avoidance play and the 74% finesse in ♠ are a better be than eliminating ♦ immediately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted October 31, 2016 Report Share Posted October 31, 2016 Tricky.If you eliminate ♦ first then you have to use both ♥J10 as entries to play on ♠. But that leaves you badly placed if ♠ are 4-2 as you cannot ruff your 4th ♠. Instead draw trumps in 2 and play one ♦ to dummy, and finesse in ♠. If West returns a ♦, you can now safely eliminate the suit and return to dummy with a trump for the second ♠ finesse. If you lose to an offside ♠KQ check to see if ♠ break 3-3. if not, ruff the 4th and take the ♣ finesse. The avoidance play and the 74% finesse in ♠ are a better be than eliminating ♦ immediately. Ummm, what? Jesus! http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/dry.gif ♥A ♦AK and ruff with ♥K ♥J to dummy and hearts are clean, ♠ to T, W wins and end played already, you still have 2 trumps in dummy so I do not understand what you are talking about. 100 % guaranteed, Your line can not make even if spades are 3-3. You plays spade they win and exit with ♦. you play 2nd spade they win and exit with 3rd ♠ you discard a ♣ from dummy on 4th spade but dummy has 3 of them so you still end up giving 2♣ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msjennifer Posted October 31, 2016 Report Share Posted October 31, 2016 Far too easy problem even for the intermediates.As labelled appropriately,a simple game."E" for elimination as described by George S Coffin in his masterpiece "A TO Z". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted October 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2016 Far too easy problem even for the intermediates.As labelled appropriately,a simple game."E" for elimination as described by George S Coffin in his masterpiece "A TO Z". Some problems are different when presented as a problem I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
661_Pete Posted October 31, 2016 Report Share Posted October 31, 2016 If the ♠ deep finesse loses 1st round, West is endplayed surely? They either have to lead a ♠ back into your A10, or a club into your Kx, or give you a ruff-and-discard. If the finesse holds, just give up the third spade. You lose at most 1 ♠ and 2 ♣. No need to use your second entry to dummy. [edit] I think the above fails if East has ♠KQ and plays an honour on first round.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted October 31, 2016 Report Share Posted October 31, 2016 Ummm, what? Jesus! http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/dry.gif ♥A ♦AK and ruff with ♥K ♥J to dummy and hearts are clean, ♠ to T, W wins and end played already, you still have 2 trumps in dummy so I do not understand what you are talking about. 100 % guaranteed, Your line can not make even if spades are 3-3. You plays spade they win and exit with ♦. you play 2nd spade they win and exit with 3rd ♠ you discard a ♣ from dummy on 4th spade but dummy has 3 of them so you still end up giving 2♣ One nagging thought is what happens if E shows out on the second trump. What do you do now ? Steve will work out that he has to ruff a winning spade to lead a club up when he gets to that stage if spades are 3-3 so it's not no play, just not as good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaitlyn S Posted October 31, 2016 Report Share Posted October 31, 2016 Matchpoints was listed. I wonder if that matters :) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted October 31, 2016 Report Share Posted October 31, 2016 Far too easy problem even for the intermediates. As labelled appropriately,a simple game."E" for elimination as described by George S Coffin in his masterpiece "A TO Z". Some problems are different when presented as a problem I guess Comments show that even good players have blind spots -- the same as the rest of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted November 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 After ♥9 lead I assumed west would have a honnor to protect on the rest of the suits*, if that is the case I saw no gain from eliminating diamonds as I wanted her to lead a diamond if possible, even when she has ♠KQ. So I crossd to dummy in trumps to lead a spade to my ♠J, LHO won the ♠K and having no heart left, she was left with only bad options: returning a spade into my tenace, a diamond underlead or a club from the ace.She returned ♦6 after some though, this little hessitation gave me enough confidence to run it to ♦J and pitch my losing club on diamonds. +450 got every MP.I don't have the match record so I don't know where ♣Q was. I know West as 4234. We can all see that diamond return was not great, but people make mistakes, if you let them.*: There is certainly some degree of knowing your customer here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msjennifer Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 After ♥9 lead I assumed west would have a honnor to protect on the rest of the suits*, if that is the case I saw no gain from eliminating diamonds as I wanted her to lead a diamond if possible, even when she has ♠KQ. So I crossd to dummy in trumps to lead a spade to my ♠J, LHO won the ♠K and having no heart left, she was left with only bad options: returning a spade into my tenace, a diamond underlead or a club from the ace.She returned ♦6 after some though, this little hessitation gave me enough confidence to run it to ♦J and pitch my losing club on diamonds. +450 got every MP.I don't have the match record so I don't know where ♣Q was. I know West as 4234. We can all see that diamond return was not great, but people make mistakes, if you let them.*: There is certainly some degree of knowing your customer here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msjennifer Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 Kaitlyn S has given the correct answer just in one sentence.I have drawn attention of the juniors to the wonderful" From A to Z" so that they will take trouble to go through it and understand the principle behind it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaitlyn S Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 Kaitlyn S has given the correct answer just in one sentence.And still only made 4 http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/dry.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMoe Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 Ummm, what? Jesus! http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/dry.gif ♥A ♦AK and ruff with ♥K ♥J to dummy and hearts are clean, ♠ to T, W wins and end played already, you still have 2 trumps in dummy so I do not understand what you are talking about. 100 % guaranteed, Your line can not make even if spades are 3-3. You plays spade they win and exit with ♦. you play 2nd spade they win and exit with 3rd ♠ you discard a ♣ from dummy on 4th spade but dummy has 3 of them so you still end up giving 2♣ Yep - must have been past my bedtime! :blink: My proposed line is garbage... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhm Posted November 6, 2016 Report Share Posted November 6, 2016 Ummm, what? Jesus! http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/dry.gif ♥A ♦AK and ruff with ♥K ♥J to dummy and hearts are clean, ♠ to T, W wins and end played already, you still have 2 trumps in dummy so I do not understand what you are talking about. 100 % guaranteed,What I dislike about this type of problem is being told trumps are 2-2. You can tell that East will follow to the first trick, but telling something you will only discover at trick 5 is unrealistic.At the table you need to judge how well this plan would work if hearts are 3-1 or 1-3 before embarking on it. Rainer Herrmann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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