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Hi all,
I think I've seen this hand in books before but cannot recall where....
imps,
Jxxx
K92
AKxx
Ax
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AQ654
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KQxxxx
6H, top S lead. Plan the play.
Thanks all in advance!
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Posted 2006-March-06, 05:20
You are probably screwed if hearts are 5-0.
I shall come back to clubs 5-0 later.
If one rounded suit is 3-2 you make simply by playing 3 top hearts then starting on clubs.
So what if both hearts and clubs are 4-1, both singletons not in the same hand?
Try playing clubs first:
Ace of clubs, club towards hand. If RHO started with a singleton club, he can't ruff this without making life easy for you, so he discards. You then ruff a club low in dummy. He can over-ruff, but as long as that's not a singleton trump you are fine. You can't afford to take any top trumps before the club ruff.
If LHO ruffs the second round of clubs and plays a spade, you ruff and play a club, over-ruffing if necessary.
So playing clubs before trumps gains every time they are both 4-1, and doesn't lose (except an overtrick) unless LHO is exactly 2-1 in the rounded suits.
If someone is 2-1 or 1-1 in the rounded suits you need to cash one top heart from dummy first, but then you get forced off if someone is 4-1.
So which is more likely? I guess 4-1, but I'd need to work it out.
I shall come back to clubs 5-0 later.
If one rounded suit is 3-2 you make simply by playing 3 top hearts then starting on clubs.
So what if both hearts and clubs are 4-1, both singletons not in the same hand?
Try playing clubs first:
Ace of clubs, club towards hand. If RHO started with a singleton club, he can't ruff this without making life easy for you, so he discards. You then ruff a club low in dummy. He can over-ruff, but as long as that's not a singleton trump you are fine. You can't afford to take any top trumps before the club ruff.
If LHO ruffs the second round of clubs and plays a spade, you ruff and play a club, over-ruffing if necessary.
So playing clubs before trumps gains every time they are both 4-1, and doesn't lose (except an overtrick) unless LHO is exactly 2-1 in the rounded suits.
If someone is 2-1 or 1-1 in the rounded suits you need to cash one top heart from dummy first, but then you get forced off if someone is 4-1.
So which is more likely? I guess 4-1, but I'd need to work it out.
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