Tramticket Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 [hv=pc=n&w=st97ht63d5cqt9532&e=saj3hkq9854da6ca8&d=s&v=b&b=7&a=pp1sd2dpp2hp3hp4hppp]266|200[/hv] MP Pairs - club night against reasonable opps.Lead King of Spades Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 [hv=pc=n&w=st97ht63d5cqt9532&e=saj3hkq9854da6ca8&d=s&v=b&b=7&a=pp1sd2dpp2hp3hp4hppp]266|200|TramTicket writes "MP Pairs - club night against reasonable opps. Lead King of Spades"++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++,An unimaginative line, to get the ball rolling... , Win ♠A. cash ♦A, ruff a ♦, lead a ♥. If North wins ♥A and gives South a ♠ ruff, on a good day, South might be endplayed.For example, if South exits with a ♣, you can try ♣T. [/hv] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Badger Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 [hv=pc=n&w=st97ht63d5cqt9532&e=saj3hkq9854da6ca8&d=s&v=b&b=7&a=pp1sd2dpp2hp3hp4hppp]266|200|TramTicket writes "MP Pairs - club night against reasonable opps. Lead King of Spades"++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++,An unimaginative line, to get the ball rolling... , Win ♠A. cash ♦A, ruff a ♦, lead a ♥. If North wins ♥A and gives South a ♠ ruff, on a good day, South might be endplayed.For example, if South exits with a ♣, you can try ♣T. [/hv] Un-imagination is usually the right way to play a contract, too :) I can't see any line that is better except if you peek at your opponent's cards, and we all know that's not allowed :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tramticket Posted January 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 An unimaginative line, to get the ball rolling...Win ♠A. cash ♦A, ruff a ♦, lead a ♥. If North wins ♥A and gives South a ♠ ruff, on a good day, South might be endplayed.For example, if South exits with a ♣, you can try ♣T. Nige1's unimaginative line showed more imagination than me at the table. The full hand was: [hv=pc=n&s=sk4hj2dkqt8742cj4&w=st97ht63d5cqt9532&n=sq8652ha7dj93ck76&e=saj3hkq9854da6ca8]399|300[/hv] At the table I couldn't think of a way of avoiding the ruff, so played for South to hold a singleton trump. My worry was that if North holds ♥AXX I couldn't afford to use the diamond entry prematurely: say I played ♦A and ruff a diamond then lead a trump ... do I finesse the J immediately (and maybe lose to a singleton J) or play the Q but lose out to AJX since there is unlikely to be a second entry to dummy. The result was that I played the trump Q, losing to the ace, suffered ♠Q and a spade ruff, with South having a safe exit. So I think it comes down to either:(1) Playing for trumps 2-2 and south being end-played; or(2) Same line but if North ducks the ♥A, switch assumption to and play North for AJX and finesse immediately; or(3) Playing for trumps 3-1 from the start and delay playing diamonds. But thoughts welcome ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 The bidding is obviously weird - either North failed to raise with 4-card support, or South has 7 diamonds yet didn't open a preempt. The former seems impossible, and maybe the latter suggests 7222? Impossible to say without knowing your opponents. Short version - if opponents have a 10-card fit and only compete to the 2-level, play for suits to break... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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