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Obviously 6♣ is a higher percentage slam, but it's matchpoints and you decided to play in 6NT on an uncontested auction, hoping for the better matchpoint result.
The lead is a small heart. What is your plan on this hand?
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Posted 2008-July-15, 16:01
Obviously 6♣ is a higher percentage slam, but it's matchpoints and you decided to play in 6NT on an uncontested auction, hoping for the better matchpoint result.
The lead is a small heart. What is your plan on this hand?
Adam W. Meyerson
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Posted 2008-July-15, 16:40
I am assuming that making 6NT is good enough to give us a good score.
So at the table I would probably take the simple line (the first one that comes to mind):
Win heart with K, club to dummy, spade to J. If that loses to Q, I expect a non-spade return and then fall back on 3-3 diamonds.
I am pretty sure this will be wrong.
So at the table I would probably take the simple line (the first one that comes to mind):
Win heart with K, club to dummy, spade to J. If that loses to Q, I expect a non-spade return and then fall back on 3-3 diamonds.
I am pretty sure this will be wrong.
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Posted 2008-July-15, 17:27
Win ♥A and lead a spade to the king. Even if the ace is offside, West may duck.
... that would still not be conclusive proof, before someone wants to explain that to me as well as if I was a 5 year-old. - gwnn
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Posted 2008-July-15, 19:13
Win the heart in hand, cash QD, cross to dummy and play off A and K of diamonds throwing two low spades. If the Diamonds break make +1. If West has long diamonds lead a spade to the K playing East for the Ace. If East has long diamonds lead a spade to the J playing For QS with East and As with West.
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Posted 2008-July-16, 01:34
MikeRJ, on Jul 16 2008, 02:13 AM, said:
Win the heart in hand, cash QD, cross to dummy and play off A and K of diamonds throwing two low spades. If the Diamonds break make +1. If West has long diamonds lead a spade to the K playing East for the Ace. If East has long diamonds lead a spade to the J playing For QS with East and As with West.
That's a much better idea than mine.
... that would still not be conclusive proof, before someone wants to explain that to me as well as if I was a 5 year-old. - gwnn
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Posted 2008-July-16, 17:40
awm, on Jul 15 2008, 05:01 PM, said:
Scoring: MP
Obviously 6♣ is a higher percentage slam, but it's matchpoints and you decided to play in 6NT on an uncontested auction, hoping for the better matchpoint result.
The lead is a small heart. What is your plan on this hand?
Obviously 6♣ is a higher percentage slam, but it's matchpoints and you decided to play in 6NT on an uncontested auction, hoping for the better matchpoint result.
The lead is a small heart. What is your plan on this hand?
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If Gnasher's ♠ to ♠K loses to ♠A it's hard for LHO to return a ♠ -- except when dealt ♠ AQ - Similarly, MikeR's line loses if RHO has long diamonds even if RHO was dealt ♠ AQ
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But MikeR's line seems slightly more likely to make an overtrick
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