mikeh Posted January 26, 2022 Report Share Posted January 26, 2022 [hv=pc=n&s=saq842ha9dt53ckj9&n=skj5hqt4dkj87ct85&d=s&v=b&b=7&a=1np3nppp]266|200|1N was 14-16. Opps play 3/5th leads, rev smith and udca.<br><br>LHO leads the spade 7. Plan the play. It’s complicated due to so many options. Try to be specific. [/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagles123 Posted January 26, 2022 Report Share Posted January 26, 2022 first thought is cash three spades ending in hand, T diamond, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted January 27, 2022 Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 Needing 3 more tricks it looks like one extra in each suit other than spades may be better than trying to win 2 extra in diamonds. I win the jack in dummy and lead a club to the jack. It’s impossible to know a line because it’s in flux depending on what happens next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnworf1 Posted January 27, 2022 Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 I'm going to win in hand to protect against a 5-0 spade break first of all....I'm then going to play my second longest suit and use spades as a communication suit. I'm going to go with the idea of playing a small diamond to the 7 but see if LHO plays anything high first. I will take another finesse against the queen diamonds...so I'm only not getting 2 diamond tricks if RHO has Q and 10 which is only 25%. Hopefully after this the rest of the hand should pan out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted January 27, 2022 Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 I'm going to win in hand to protect against a 5-0 spade break first of all....I'm then going to play my second longest suit and use spades as a communication suit. I'm going to go with the idea of playing a small diamond to the 7 but see if LHO plays anything high first. I will take another finesse against the queen diamonds...so I'm only not getting 2 diamond tricks if RHO has Q and 10 which is only 25%. Hopefully after this the rest of the hand should pan out. You have the 10, you mean the 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted January 27, 2022 Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 What is lead agreement from 107x, 97x, or 7xx? Do I take the lead to be 1097x or top of nothing? If it is top of nothing I am more prone to place missing cards in that hand, meaning win the spade in dummy and the low diamond to the 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nullve Posted January 27, 2022 Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 I want to play establish a couple of diamond tricks at some point. But I don't want RHO to win the first diamond trick with the Q from Qx(x(x)) and then shift to a small club from Axx(x(x)). A club shift from LHO is less dangerous. So: 1. J (less revealing to RHO than the K) in dummy, the 2 in hand (consistent with RHO encouraging) if RHO plays the 3 2. small diamond towards the T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted January 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 What is lead agreement from 107x, 97x, or 7xx? Do I take the lead to be 1097x or top of nothing? If it is top of nothing I am more prone to place missing cards in that hand, meaning win the spade in dummy and the low diamond to the 10.The opps are unfamiliar. Presumably fairly good: this is in an international invitational seniors event. Either 1097x or 7xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.