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6D: hook or strip?


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Low spade lead. What's your line?

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Hook hearts and eliminate. Seems unlikely east will make a takeout double of clubs with a small singleton/void diamond

As 1 showed diamonds I thinks it's very likely east is short in diamonds for their takeout.

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The bidding suggest RHO is short in and long in Majors.

Pitch 10 and win opening lead cheaply in hand.

Hook8.

Draw trumps if 2-1 or 1-2.

If 3-0, repeat finesse to 10 say, and finesse/clear .

(If lose to K we need the finesse.)

 

Now A then x leaves manageable x-ruff position, even if trump K is with LHO.

Yes, when K is still out (trumps 3-0) we need to be not longer than 3 with RHO.

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Oh dear. Does no-one read the bidding notes? 1s was a transfer to 1nt. It didn't show diamonds and there's absolutely no reason to think rho is short in them.

 

Yes, I read: No Major GF Diamonds.

Could read: No Major or GF Diamonds.

Which is it?

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We don't have much to go on here. The double as "takeout" could mean anything, but given that there isn't much left for RHO to have, I'll give him the 3 kings and take the heart hook followed by an elimination.
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