lamford Posted October 27, 2021 Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 [hv=pc=n&s=skjt642ha9dk5ck76&n=saqhjt53dt64cat93&d=n&v=0&b=1&a=1n(12-14)p4sppp]266|200[/hv]Teams. Lead 5♠ You miss the best spot of 3NT here, and the defence finds the annoying spade lead, as everything else is almost a claim. Over to you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBengtsson Posted October 27, 2021 Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 have only looked at this quickly. I am inclined to take first trick with ♠A and finesse ♥9. idea is to keep ♦K5 holding safe, and then cash ♥A later and take ruff finesse against outstanding ♥ honor. could go wrong on bad breaks but playing for split opponents ♥ honors looks sensible. even with ♥KQ in west hand, there is still possibility of squeeze at end if same hand has ♦A and ♣QJx the problem is entries and trying to draw trumps and hoping that the opps do not or can not ruff with 3rd trump assuming 3-2 split. it is a good problem, lamford. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted October 27, 2021 Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 Quite the annoying lead! There is now not time to do much else than lead the club 10 and run it if not covered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted October 28, 2021 Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 have only looked at this quickly. I am inclined to take first trick with ♠A and finesse ♥9. idea is to keep ♦K5 holding safe, and then cash ♥A later and take ruff finesse against outstanding ♥ honor. could go wrong on bad breaks but playing for split opponents ♥ honors looks sensible. even with ♥KQ in west hand, there is still possibility of squeeze at end if same hand has ♦A and ♣QJx the problem is entries and trying to draw trumps and hoping that the opps do not or can not ruff with 3rd trump assuming 3-2 split. it is a good problem, lamford. Unfortunately the 9 loses and they play a second trump before you unblock the ♥A so you're an entry short. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBengtsson Posted October 28, 2021 Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 Unfortunately the 9 loses and they play a second trump before you unblock the ♥A so you're an entry short. yes you are right but I did say I looked at this quickly :) maybe best line is to draw trumps, then ♣K in case of stiff honor, and finesse ♣9. that only loses if east has ♣QJx(xx) and ♦A with west. double ♣ finesse looks best percentage. the clever play is draw second round of trumps ending in own hand assuming 3-2 so they can not signal and advance ♦K (lol!) hoping for a duck... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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