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#1 User is offline   han 

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Posted 2007-December-23, 22:12

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Unfortunately I was in 3CL, but assume that you are declaring 5♣ from the south. The lead is the heart king. How will you play it?

Although there are lots of options I think that this problem is suitable for an intermediate level player so please hide your answers experts!
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2007-December-23, 22:33

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Posted 2007-December-23, 23:11

Agree with Ben.
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Posted 2007-December-23, 23:54

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Posted 2007-December-24, 08:51

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Edited because I got this wrong at the first attempt.

If the contract was 4♣, you have a nice loser-on-loser play available: after the initial duck, and trump return, play A♠, Q♠ ditching a heart. The other heart will go on the J♠.

Edited again: The stuff about how to play if in 4♣ is a load of crap. Must engage brain before posting...
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Posted 2007-December-28, 21:11

Duck. I'd love to see my third heart go on dummy's 8 of clubs.

Something like win the second round, cash ace of hearts, ace of spades, spade to trump honour, heart to club 8. Lose 1 club and 1 heart.
Still decidedly intermediate - don't take my guesses as authoritative.

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Posted 2007-December-29, 04:59

What is the advantage of ducking the first ♥? Is playing ♥A followed by a small ♥ not the same?
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Posted 2007-December-29, 05:15

kgr, on Dec 29 2007, 10:59 AM, said:

What is the advantage of ducking the first ♥? Is playing ♥A followed by a small ♥ not the same?

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