[catch22]

Scoring: IMP

4S by S K♣ lead

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[Dwingo]

How about A & K of trumps and then run the ♥'s discarding ♦'s. Hoping trumps 3-2 and the Opps use trump Q to ruff your 4th ♥. You lose 1♦, 1♠ & a ♥.

[david_c]

I'd probably win the ♣A and run the ♠J immediately.

If the ♠J loses to the queen then I'm basically playing for hearts to be 3-3, but there will be some additional chances that I can work out later.

If the ♠J holds then I'll run the ♠T next. Again, I haven't worked out all the chances but it looks pretty good. (It's probably guaranteed at this point unless trumps are 1-4).

[temp3600]

How did East signal on the first trick? If it looks like he has 3 clubs or more, I run the ♣9 at trick two. If not I run the ♠J.

[catch22]

3♣ - There were playing reverse count

[lowerline]

♣A, then ♠J.

[Joe de Balliol]

Win, cash two top trumps ending on table, and run the club. Am hoping to pitch diamonds from table on the club winners.

J

[mikeh]

Win the A♣, cash the ♠K, and run the ♠J.

Lots of permutations, as usual. If the ♠Q drops on the K, then abandon trump and run the ♣9.

If the ♠Q appears on my right on the second round, win the A, cross in ♥s and run the ♣9, leaving a trump out temporarily.

If the ♠Q wins the next trick, with RHO showing in, then he probably returns a major.. altho he may be able to play ♣Q and a ♣, making me guess whether to ruff or pitch... I'd ruff and then play on ♥s... again, the permutations are too numerous to fully detail.

If the trump finesse wins, and LHO shows in, I'd draw the last trump and play a ♥ to dummy and run the ♣9. What I do after that depends on what happens

If the trump finesse wins and LHO shows out, I run the ♣9 immediately, leaving Qx of trump outstanding. This is an ugly scenario, and is the main reason for at least considering taking a first round trump finesse.. 4-1 onside with Qxxx is far more likely than stiff Q offside... but if the J wins, I'm probably going to cash the K next anyway, and that gets me back to the equivalent position, except that now I will have lost to the stiff Q if it exists offside.

Anyway... further thought might persuade me to change this line, but I try to solve these in the time I'd spend at the table..... altho I type one heck of a lot more slowly than I think... not because I think fast but because I type slow

[Apollo81]

♣A ♠K run ♠J

[catch22]

West held

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Partner had just gone to the bar and Martin Hoffman sat in to play dummy's cards. So, no pressure there. I played A♣ K♠ J♠. I wasn't sure my line was the best line at the time and I'm still not sure. Martin H passed no judgement