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Posted 2008-July-11, 09:57

Scoring: MP


You end up in 3NT by South. The auction was very questionable, but nonetheless, opponents passing throughout, it was 1♥-2♣-2♥-2♠-2NT-3NT. Leave me alone!

Anyway, you get a strange lead of the 10 of hearts. Now what?

I went for a line that made sense because of my opponents, which succeeded because of my opponents (I actually scored up 430 for a top). But, I'm curious as to what the "right" line is. And, yes, taking into account the form of scoring does make sense.
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Posted 2008-July-11, 09:59

I would win the heart king and finesse the heart jack.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2008-July-11, 14:25

han, on Jul 11 2008, 10:59 AM, said:

I would win the heart king and finesse the heart jack.

obviously.

If hearts don't split with 4 onside then I would play another heart rather than switching to clubs.
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Posted 2008-July-11, 18:53

I don't know your opponents, but with so many better leads avaible I wouldn't be surprised that the lead is from ♥Q10987

It doesn't change much, win ♥K, next play a heart, and if RHO shows out revert to clubs.
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Posted 2008-July-11, 23:17

When you plauy the heart King, RHO plays the Queen under it. If you continue with another heart to the Jack, RHO confirms out. If you now play a club to the 10, RHO wins.

What if a spade comes back?

What if a low diamond comes back?
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Posted 2008-July-12, 01:14

As I mentioned earlier, I think continuing hearts is much stronger than shifting to clubs. For starters we are guaranteed down 1 which is good (MP), and secondly they have a LOT of room to screw up the defense and let me make plus some legit chances. Shifting to clubs will make you go down several very often.
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