thepossum Posted July 4, 2022 Report Share Posted July 4, 2022 Hi I appreciate this hand was badly played by yours truly. It should have made 4+1 but I noticed in the traveller how many had made 4+2 after leading the 10 of spades which was covered versus leading the 9 to finesse If you lead 9 West plays low and if you play 10 it is covered. I don't know if that is common playing technique but useful to remember in future [hv=https://www.bridgebase.com/tools/handviewer.html?lin=st||pn|thepossum,~Mwest,~Mnorth,~Meast|md|1SAT9HAQJTDJ765CQ7,SJ83H84DAT94CKJ53,SK76542HK7653D2C2,SQH92DKQ83CAT9864|sv|e|rh||ah|Board%203|mb|1N|an|notrump%20opener.%20Could%20have%205M.%20--%202-5%20!C;%202-5%20!D;%202-5%20!H;%202-5%20!S;%2015-17%20HCP;%2018-%20total%20points|mb|P|mb|2C|an|Stayman%20--%20%20|mb|P|mb|2H|an|2-5%20!C;%202-5%20!D;%204-5%20!H;%202-4%20!S;%2015-17%20HCP;%2018-%20total%20points|mb|P|mb|4H|an|%20|mb|P|mb|P|mb|P|pc|S3|pc|S2|pc|SQ|pc|SA|pc|HA|pc|H8|pc|H3|pc|H2|pc|HQ|pc|H4|pc|H5|pc|H9|pc|S9|pc|S8|pc|SK|pc|C6|pc|S4|pc|D8|pc|ST|pc|SJ|pc|DA|pc|D2|pc|D3|pc|D5|pc|C5|pc|C2|pc|CA|pc|CQ|pc|C4|pc|C7|pc|C3|pc|H6|mc|10|]400|300[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBengtsson Posted July 4, 2022 Report Share Posted July 4, 2022 The ♠3 would have been a unusual lead from a doubleton. Either the lead is a stiff (where I guess that east would play ♠J from ♠QJx so your always going to lose a ♠ trick, or the ♠Q is stiff and the lead is from ♠Jxx Most players consider the 'ten' as a minor honor card so that is why the Robot covers, I guess. And does not when the ♠9 is led. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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