jallerton Posted July 13, 2018 Report Share Posted July 13, 2018 [hv=pc=n&s=saqhaqt762dtcat53&n=sj652h4daqj863cj4&d=w&v=b&b=4&a=ppp1hp1sp2cp2hp4hppp]266|200[/hv] West leads the ♠10, 2, 3, Q You lead a low club from hand. West wins the queen (6 from East) and switches to ♦2. How do you play on from here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted July 13, 2018 Report Share Posted July 13, 2018 It appears I will need 4 heart tricks out of hand + 6 tricks outside of hearts. Unless the clubs are 3/4, I can't get back to dummy, so to make it that way and still be consistent with the play, I place LHO with KQx in clubs. I'm guessing he also holds 10(9)x of spades. The lack of a heart shift seems to indicate a heart honor or two, so that leaves diamonds. I am thinking LHO's hand must look a little like: 109x, KJx, xxx, KQxx. I guess I have to win the diamond ace and then take the ruffing finesse - if covered, I ruff small, then play club A, spade A, then ruff a club. If this plan is still working, I cash the big diamond, pitching my last club, then ruff a spade small back to hand, and exit with the heart Q. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gszes Posted July 16, 2018 Report Share Posted July 16, 2018 Ick I am going to play Lho for ♣Hx(x) and rho for the ♥K with a 33 heart break.trick 1 win spade Qtrick 2 dia to acetrick 3 heart to Qtrick 4 heart Atrick 5 low hearttrick 6 win the next trick in hand (unless they play on clubs)trick 7 lead a low club toward the JxA LOP with little chance of success and since we seem to be too high to salvage MP by playing for down 1 we might as well try to make it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tramticket Posted July 16, 2018 Report Share Posted July 16, 2018 ... since we seem to be too high to salvage MP by playing for down 1 we might as well try to make it. The field will surely be in 3NT - which may be failing due to problems with entries. One off might be ok methinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gszes Posted July 17, 2018 Report Share Posted July 17, 2018 The field will surely be in 3NT - which may be failing due to problems with entries. One off might be ok methinks.I guess we bid differently I would normally end up in 3d or 3h depending on system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jallerton Posted August 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 It appears I will need 4 heart tricks out of hand + 6 tricks outside of hearts. Unless the clubs are 3/4, I can't get back to dummy, so to make it that way and still be consistent with the play, I place LHO with KQx in clubs. I'm guessing he also holds 10(9)x of spades. The lack of a heart shift seems to indicate a heart honor or two, so that leaves diamonds. I am thinking LHO's hand must look a little like: 109x, KJx, xxx, KQxx. I guess I have to win the diamond ace and then take the ruffing finesse - if covered, I ruff small, then play club A, spade A, then ruff a club. If this plan is still working, I cash the big diamond, pitching my last club, then ruff a spade small back to hand, and exit with the heart Q. Well done, you made it and read LHO's hand for almost exactly what he had: 1098x KJ9 9xx KQx. At the table, LHO thought for a long time ("almost five minutes" according to dummy) before winning the queen, Declarer inferred from the break in tempo that LHO did not hold ♣K, so when she won ♦A she took the club finesse and now had four losers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 Well done, you made it and read LHO's hand for almost exactly what he had: 1098x KJ9 9xx KQx. At the table, LHO thought for a long time ("almost five minutes" according to dummy) before winning the queen, Declarer inferred from the break in tempo that LHO did not hold ♣K, so when she won ♦A she took the club finesse and now had four losers. I actually used to be able to play this game, but by the time we played you guys in Dallas I had misplaced the ability to concentrate to the degree that is necessary for me to play my best, which is why I went back into hibernation. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnworf1 Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 It appears I will need 4 heart tricks out of hand + 6 tricks outside of hearts. Unless the clubs are 3/4, I can't get back to dummy, so to make it that way and still be consistent with the play, I place LHO with KQx in clubs. I'm guessing he also holds 10(9)x of spades. The lack of a heart shift seems to indicate a heart honor or two, so that leaves diamonds. I am thinking LHO's hand must look a little like: 109x, KJx, xxx, KQxx. I guess I have to win the diamond ace and then take the ruffing finesse - if covered, I ruff small, then play club A, spade A, then ruff a club. If this plan is still working, I cash the big diamond, pitching my last club, then ruff a spade small back to hand, and exit with the heart Q. without reading anything else i think this would be my line too...seems most logical i hope! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamford Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 Well done, you made it and read LHO's hand for almost exactly what he had: 1098x KJ9 9xx KQx. At the table, LHO thought for a long time ("almost five minutes" according to dummy) before winning the queen, Declarer inferred from the break in tempo that LHO did not hold ♣K, so when she won ♦A she took the club finesse and now had four losers.Was the TD called, and did he or she deem the BIT to be for a demonstrable bridge reason? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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