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Play or Defend
#1
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Posted 2006-April-15, 08:36
Here is an interesting hand. The contract is 4♠ by East. Do you want to play or defend?
#2
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Posted 2006-April-15, 09:55
I want to defend douible dummy and lead two Diamonds.
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Roland
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Roland
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#3
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Posted 2006-April-15, 13:41
I'll defend, leading a low diamond from South.
- If declarer rises with the K♦, defense will continue diamonds after winning both the AQ♠s. On the third dimond round, declarer's second ruff will promote a spade winner in South and that spade winner plus the last good diamond will set the contract.
- If declarer inserts the T♦, the jack wins and returns a diamond. Declarer must ruff in the face of two trump losers, and when South wins a trump and continues the A♦, the second diamond tap of declarer promotes a trump trick.
Score one up for underleading aces
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- If declarer rises with the K♦, defense will continue diamonds after winning both the AQ♠s. On the third dimond round, declarer's second ruff will promote a spade winner in South and that spade winner plus the last good diamond will set the contract.
- If declarer inserts the T♦, the jack wins and returns a diamond. Declarer must ruff in the face of two trump losers, and when South wins a trump and continues the A♦, the second diamond tap of declarer promotes a trump trick.
Score one up for underleading aces
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Posted 2006-April-16, 03:00
Rob F, on Apr 15 2006, 07:41 PM, said:
I'll defend, leading a low diamond from South.
- If declarer rises with the K♦, defense will continue diamonds after winning both the AQ♠s. On the third dimond round, declarer's second ruff will promote a spade winner in South and that spade winner plus the last good diamond will set the contract.
- If declarer inserts the T♦, the jack wins and returns a diamond. Declarer must ruff in the face of two trump losers, and when South wins a trump and continues the A♦, the second diamond tap of declarer promotes a trump trick.
Score one up for underleading aces.
- If declarer rises with the K♦, defense will continue diamonds after winning both the AQ♠s. On the third dimond round, declarer's second ruff will promote a spade winner in South and that spade winner plus the last good diamond will set the contract.
- If declarer inserts the T♦, the jack wins and returns a diamond. Declarer must ruff in the face of two trump losers, and when South wins a trump and continues the A♦, the second diamond tap of declarer promotes a trump trick.
Score one up for underleading aces
.That is right. But note that in the case where declarer wins the lead with the King, South must underlead his ♦AQ on the second round as well. If he leads one of the tops, then declarer ruffs, drives out the other top trump and South is in a dilemma. If he plays the other top ♦ he sets up dummy's suit so he can't froce declarer again. But if he underleads to partner's J, declarer can discard a ♣ and North can't force declarer as he has run out of ♦.
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