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You declare 4♥ and get a diamond lead. After discarding 2 spades its time to handle trumps. What is the best way?.
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Posted 2008-January-19, 08:43
You declare 4♥ and get a diamond lead. After discarding 2 spades its time to handle trumps. What is the best way?.
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Posted 2008-January-19, 12:24
Cute problem. Putting clubs aside for a second, if we can hold our trump losers to 2 we are home. 3-2 and 5-0 splits don't matter. Two options:
1. Heart to Q. Wins with all K-4th onside and stiff J onside (edited: also stiff J offside) (6 cases).
2. Come to hand and play a heart to the 10. Wins KJ98, KJ96, KJ86, K, and J onside (5 cases).
So, the plays are roughly equal. Since I'd like to give myself the best chance to lose one trump trick when clubs are 4-1, I think a heart to the Q is superior.
1. Heart to Q. Wins with all K-4th onside and stiff J onside (edited: also stiff J offside) (6 cases).
2. Come to hand and play a heart to the 10. Wins KJ98, KJ96, KJ86, K, and J onside (5 cases).
So, the plays are roughly equal. Since I'd like to give myself the best chance to lose one trump trick when clubs are 4-1, I think a heart to the Q is superior.
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Posted 2008-January-19, 19:04
ALERT! It is MP!
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Posted 2008-January-19, 19:32
heart to the queen also works against stiff king onside. I suspect it is the best play but I'm too lazy.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.
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Posted 2008-January-20, 04:26
Low heart to the queen. If you don't take the finnesse now, you'll never get back to the board to try it again.
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Posted 2008-January-20, 05:09
cherdano, on Jan 20 2008, 02:04 AM, said:
ALERT! It is MP!
Yeah, and they didn't lead ♠ or ♣... So play safe
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Posted 2008-January-20, 15:28
Free, on Jan 20 2008, 12:09 PM, said:
cherdano, on Jan 20 2008, 02:04 AM, said:
ALERT! It is MP!
Yeah, and they didn't lead ♠ or ♣... So play safe
If all have a natural diamond lead it's wrong to play safe.
Low trump to queen.
Kind regards,
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Posted 2008-January-20, 16:18
Huh? Low to the queen of course.
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Posted 2008-January-21, 03:57
MFA, on Jan 21 2008, 07:18 AM, said:
Huh? Low to the queen of course.
But that is a "so called" finesse, you are fobidden to play a simple finesses on a forum.
So finesse with this hand at the table but tell us about a trump reduction play with a late endplay against west while you write here...
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