Kaitlyn S Posted June 10, 2017 Report Share Posted June 10, 2017 [hv=pc=n&s=sakq6hk74d865ca32&n=s9532haj63daq3c75&d=s&v=0&b=11&a=1cp1hp1sp4sppp]266|200[/hv] West leads the CK. Plan your play. Then compare the following two plays and tell me which is superior. Suggested line: Duck CK (to make it harder to find a diamond shift.) Win the second club, draw trump, and take a heart finesse. Try for 3-3 hearts before taking a diamond finesse. Kaitlyn's line: Win trick 1. Draw trump in 3 rounds Play HA, HK, H to HJ. You get your tenth trick if West has the HQ or if East has three or less hearts. If that fails, try the diamond finesse. (The nine tricks I counted are four trump, the H-AK, the DA, the CA, and an eventual club ruff.) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted June 10, 2017 Report Share Posted June 10, 2017 Win the ♣A and cash 2 rounds of ♠, if 3-2 cash the 3rd one and then ♥AK and play small towards J. If all fails come to hand with 4th ♥ ruff and go for ♦ finesse. If ♠ turn out to be 4-1 I will need some luck (with ♥Q and ♦ K being onside OR ♦K on and 3-3 ♥) A- (W has 4 of them) : ♥K and small ♥ towards dummy. Assume W dropped the Q, win the Ace and play 2nd club. Take the trump return and take diamond finesse (mandatory, you can get away by playing a small ♥ to dummy at this point if W has only 3 clubs but in case he has 4 of them you need to take ♦ finesse now). Assume W followed low on 2nd ♥ and you took the finesse, you are in good shape if finesse works so let's assume E won the ♥J with Q. You now need 3-3 hearts. E will play clubs to W who will play 3rd round of spades. Win and take ♦ finesse and cash ♥A...you know how to play the rest... B-(E has 4 spades) : Play almost the same line. Win ♣A, Cash AK ♠ and see E has 4 of them. Then ♥K and ♥ to J. If things go bad and E wins the J with Q, hope that hearts are 3-3. There are other ways of dealing with 4-2 ♥ and Q offside but it is hard to play for them single dummy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Badger Posted June 11, 2017 Report Share Posted June 11, 2017 Suggested line: Duck CK (to make it harder to find a diamond shift.) Win the second club, draw trump, and take a heart finesse. Try for 3-3 hearts before taking a diamond finesse. Mmmm.... (to make it harder to find a diamond shift.) As both Kaitlyn and Timo (MrAce) recognise, timing is everything on this hand. Usually it is best to duck the ♣K on the first round but ducking it, I believe, makes it far easier for West to find the ♦ shift. Here South needs to be one tempo ahead of the defence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted June 11, 2017 Report Share Posted June 11, 2017 [hv=pc=n&s=sakq6hk74d865ca32&n=s9532haj63daq3c75&d=s&v=0&b=11&a=1cp1hp1sp4sppp]266|200|West leads the CK. Plan your play. Then compare the following two plays and tell me which is superior. Suggested line: Duck CK (to make it harder to find a diamond shift.) Win the second club, draw trump, and take a heart finesse. Try for 3-3 hearts before taking a diamond finesse.Kaitlyn's line: Win trick 1. Draw trump in 3 rounds Play HA, HK, H to HJ. You get your tenth trick if West has the HQ or if East has three or less hearts. If that fails, try the diamond finesse. (The nine tricks I counted are four trump, the H-AK, the DA, the CA, and an eventual club ruff.)[/hv]Much prefer Kaitlyn's 2nd line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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