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4♥ Pass Pass Pass
DT D2 DA D4
H4 H9 H6 H3
C4 C5 CK C2
C9 CA C6 C7
HT HJ H5 H8
DK D8 D3 D7
CQ CJ S5 C3
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CT S9 D5 C8
on round 3 should I take the A clubs first and if so why ?
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Can someone help me with the club play opinions please
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Posted 2007-December-23, 12:33
West North East South
- - 1♦ Pass
1♥ Pass 2♥ Pass
4♥ Pass Pass Pass
DT D2 DA D4
H4 H9 H6 H3
C4 C5 CK C2
C9 CA C6 C7
HT HJ H5 H8
DK D8 D3 D7
CQ CJ S5 C3
HA S4 HQ H7
CT S9 D5 C8
on round 3 should I take the A clubs first and if so why ?
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Posted 2007-December-23, 12:43
Usually it's good to play your high cards (aces, etc) on top of the opponents high cards. This helps to develop cards in partner's hand. Here, if you play the ace on the king of clubs, it sets up partner's jack for the third round of the suit. If you play low, then play the ace in the lowly nine of clubs, it gives declarer three club tricks (without ruffing) instead of two.
Of course, in this particular position there is a nice play of ducking the club ace and then ducking again when declarer plays the nine. Double dummy, this is silly, but declarer will almost always let the nine of clubs ride to partner's jack (assuming your partner must have the ace of clubs). This potentially develops a tempo. But in any case ducking the king and then playing the ace on the nine is silly. Much better to use your ace to kill a king than a nine.
Of course, in this particular position there is a nice play of ducking the club ace and then ducking again when declarer plays the nine. Double dummy, this is silly, but declarer will almost always let the nine of clubs ride to partner's jack (assuming your partner must have the ace of clubs). This potentially develops a tempo. But in any case ducking the king and then playing the ace on the nine is silly. Much better to use your ace to kill a king than a nine.
Adam W. Meyerson
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Posted 2007-December-23, 12:46
Adam's covered it well, but also consider how stupid you'd feel if partner held the ♣Q?
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Posted 2007-December-27, 09:17
I want to go back a bit. Looking at AQx of diamonds you can see that DQ is going to come down in 3 rounds, setting up the Jack on the fourth round of the suit.
There's only a doubleton club in dummy, so your best place to hunt for four tricks is spades. The best defence is to win the opening lead with the ace of diamonds and switch to a spade.
(Declarer can still make whatever you do, but this is the best you can manage).
As for the question on the club suit:
i) if you know club layout (say the Q10xx were in dummy) best defence is to duck both the first and second rounds of the suit.
ii) Not knowing the club layout, you should take the ace of clubs on the first round. As others have said, partner might have the queen (say declarer has Q AJxxx Kx Jxxxx)
iii) the worst thing to do is duck the king then take the second round; there is no layout on which that can be right.
There's only a doubleton club in dummy, so your best place to hunt for four tricks is spades. The best defence is to win the opening lead with the ace of diamonds and switch to a spade.
(Declarer can still make whatever you do, but this is the best you can manage).
As for the question on the club suit:
i) if you know club layout (say the Q10xx were in dummy) best defence is to duck both the first and second rounds of the suit.
ii) Not knowing the club layout, you should take the ace of clubs on the first round. As others have said, partner might have the queen (say declarer has Q AJxxx Kx Jxxxx)
iii) the worst thing to do is duck the king then take the second round; there is no layout on which that can be right.
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