BBO Discussion Forums: Play small slam in hearts - BBO Discussion Forums

Jump to content

Page 1 of 1
  • You cannot start a new topic
  • You cannot reply to this topic

Play small slam in hearts what is best play...

#1 User is offline   Trumpace 

  • Hideous Rabbit
  • PipPipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Advanced Members
  • Posts: 1,040
  • Joined: 2005-January-22
  • Gender:Male

Posted 2007-December-08, 19:34

Playing rubber, you are South and reach 6H.

Scoring: Rubber

Contract 6H.

Lead ♦5.
Plan the play.

0

#2 User is offline   kenrexford 

  • Brain Farts and Actual Farts Increasing with Age
  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Advanced Members
  • Posts: 9,586
  • Joined: 2005-September-21
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Lima, Allen County, North-West-Central Ohio, USA
  • Interests:www.limadbc.blogspot.com editor/contributor

Posted 2007-December-08, 20:39

Well, if you duck and that works, you make you contract. If it fails, then the spade finesse seems to be needed. This on its face seems like pure math odds of 75%.

If you win with the Ace and then eliminate clubs, you can play the diamond Queen next. On this line, you win whenever the spade King is placed right or when the spade King is poorly placed but with the diamond Queen. Again, 75%.

However, the second line picks up whenever the club Queen is Qxx, as then you can establish the Jack to ditch the diamond loser. If that happens, both Kings can be wrong.

Against that is the slight risk of a club void or that a club stiff will be joined by a heart doubleton. I think that the Qxx is slightly more likely.
"Gibberish in, gibberish out. A trial judge, three sets of lawyers, and now three appellate judges cannot agree on what this law means. And we ask police officers, prosecutors, defense lawyers, and citizens to enforce or abide by it? The legislature continues to write unreadable statutes. Gibberish should not be enforced as law."

-P.J. Painter.
0

#3 User is offline   CSGibson 

  • Tubthumper
  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Advanced Members
  • Posts: 2,835
  • Joined: 2007-July-11
  • Gender:Male
  • Location:Portland, OR, USA
  • Interests:Bridge, pool, financial crime. New experiences, new people.

Posted 2007-December-08, 23:36

If LHO has led away from the diamond king, you will almost always make your slam by going up with the ace. Play a trump, AK of clubs, trump to dummy, ruff a club. If the Q of clubs has not appeared, play another trump to dummy, ruff a club, and exit a diamond. If LHO has the king of diamonds, he is forced to lead a spade into your AK or give you a ruff and a sluff. If RHO has the king of diamonds, he has an enforced spade return and you get to try your finnesse.

In other words, it is never right to play low to your queen unless you live in morbid fear of club shortness accompanied by both trump.
Chris Gibson
0

#4 User is offline   pclayton 

  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Advanced Members
  • Posts: 9,151
  • Joined: 2003-June-11
  • Location:Southern California

Posted 2007-December-09, 09:31

Agree with the others. Floating the diamond can't be right at rubber or IMPs although I think its a good play at MPs.
"Phil" on BBO
0

#5 User is offline   Trumpace 

  • Hideous Rabbit
  • PipPipPipPipPipPip
  • Group: Advanced Members
  • Posts: 1,040
  • Joined: 2005-January-22
  • Gender:Male

Posted 2007-December-10, 14:38

Oops, I intended this to be a beg/int, adv+ hidden thread. I should have mentioned that, my mistake. Sorry.
0
Page 1 of 1
  • You cannot start a new topic
  • You cannot reply to this topic

1 User(s) are reading this topic
0 members, 1 guests, 0 anonymous users