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Posted 2008-July-31, 12:41

I played in an ACBL tourney yesterday and an opponent made the deepest finesse I have ever seen.



Declarer led the 5, and floated it. I congratulated my partner for not splitting.

Obviously declarer made the wrong play in the suit.
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Posted 2008-July-31, 18:21

I don't have the book to hand, but as far as I remember, Giza Otlik and Hugh Kelsey describe similar plays in "Adventures in Card Play", which, the authors claim, you might get right at the table eg
♥ J9xxx opposite ♥ A8
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Posted 2008-July-31, 18:58

pclayton, on Jul 31 2008, 01:41 PM, said:

I played in an ACBL tourney yesterday and an opponent made the deepest finesse I have ever seen.



Declarer led the 5, and floated it. I congratulated my partner for not splitting.

Obviously declarer made the wrong play in the suit.

that is certainly one way to play this combination for no losers.
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