Chamaco Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 Combination 1 A542QJ63 This is your trump suit.How do you play the suit for one loser in the following cases ? a. LHO has preempted in a side suitb. RHO has preempted in a side suit In either case, no informative lead, and you have no other info. (yes I know there MIGHT be other info from inferences etc etc :P , but let's assume you have to decide based SOLELY on vacant places and logic of preempt) Combination 2Would the analysis change holding the 9 ? A942QJ63 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_c Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 My first guess is: 1a. cash ace then lead towards QJ.1b. the same as in a, but with less chance of success. 2a. again, cash the ace then lead towards QJ.2b. start by leading the Q. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Tu Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 Agree except for 2b where if you want to virtually guarantee 3 tricks, it's better to lead low toward the Q, then low to the J if the Q held, on the off chance that RHO preempted with a side 4 bagger KTxx in your trump suit. Leading the Q is only necessary if you are going for 4 tricks or max expectation in this case. Low to the Q is the safety play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgr Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 You could verify the answers you get here with a tool proposed to me in another tread: http://www.rpbridge.net/xcc1.htm (The available space and the result will depend on the number of cards you have in preempt suit) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 I agree with the first two poster.. Ace and low in case one, Ace in 2A, and then either Queen out, or low from dummy towards teh queen, depending upon how many of these things I need. If I need four, I am gong to play RHO for Tx doubleton. If I only need three tricks here, low towards the queen, picking up 4-1 to KTxx with Lefty... by cashing jack after queen loses to king and taking marked finessee if necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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