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(4♠) - 4NT - (P) - 5♦
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West leads the ♠A, you ruff in dummy, and are overruffed by the 6. A club comes back, and LHO plays the ♣K. Plan the play.
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Posted 2009-January-16, 01:28
A hand from my friend lchen:
(4♠) - 4NT - (P) - 5♦
AP
West leads the ♠A, you ruff in dummy, and are overruffed by the 6. A club comes back, and LHO plays the ♣K. Plan the play.
(4♠) - 4NT - (P) - 5♦
AP
West leads the ♠A, you ruff in dummy, and are overruffed by the 6. A club comes back, and LHO plays the ♣K. Plan the play.
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Posted 2009-January-16, 01:58
discard at trick one? 
. I don't find anything better than ♦3-2 and ♥2-2 yet.
. I don't find anything better than ♦3-2 and ♥2-2 yet.
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Posted 2009-January-16, 02:45
fixed, sorry, the hand is different now.
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Posted 2009-January-16, 03:27
low ♦ to the Jack, (West plays 8, 9 or 10)
♥A
Cash 4 more clubs discarding hearts.
cross ruff starting with a heart.
♥A
Cash 4 more clubs discarding hearts.
cross ruff starting with a heart.
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Posted 2009-January-16, 03:48
The club return definitely feels as if RHO has 5 of them, making LHO 9211/9121/9301 or 9031
That means that once I've drawn LHO's trumps I have 5 clubs, 3 diamonds and a heart. I need two more tricks, which are only going to be trump tricks. That means I can only afford to draw one round of trumps, so let's hope that LHO is 9211, RHO 0355.
This has become Fluffy's line, though I don't need the singleton high diamond.
Diamond to the king or jack. Heart to the ace. Clubs discarding hearts. Heart ruff low. Claim.
Now, if LHO was 9121 (or 9031) all along I'm going to look silly, because I had the simple line of diamond to hand, spade ruff high, draw trumps, cash winners (this is JLOL's line). And this layout (RHO being 0445) is actually more likely, because (i) RHO might have doubled with 5 trumps and a spade void, and (ii) it's more likely on distributional grounds. So it's a better line.
But the first line is more fun.
p.s. do you agree with the 4NT bid? That would have been my third choice after double or 5C.
That means that once I've drawn LHO's trumps I have 5 clubs, 3 diamonds and a heart. I need two more tricks, which are only going to be trump tricks. That means I can only afford to draw one round of trumps, so let's hope that LHO is 9211, RHO 0355.
This has become Fluffy's line, though I don't need the singleton high diamond.
Diamond to the king or jack. Heart to the ace. Clubs discarding hearts. Heart ruff low. Claim.
Now, if LHO was 9121 (or 9031) all along I'm going to look silly, because I had the simple line of diamond to hand, spade ruff high, draw trumps, cash winners (this is JLOL's line). And this layout (RHO being 0445) is actually more likely, because (i) RHO might have doubled with 5 trumps and a spade void, and (ii) it's more likely on distributional grounds. So it's a better line.
But the first line is more fun.
p.s. do you agree with the 4NT bid? That would have been my third choice after double or 5C.
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Posted 2009-January-16, 06:46
FrancesHinden, on Jan 16 2009, 09:48 AM, said:
This has become Fluffy's line, though I don't need the singleton high diamond.
Neither Do I, I was looking for scoring ♦7 em passant, but it didn't work. Then edited my line.
In the end this is just an easy deal, cash your winners before cross ruff, you can find it on any book
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Posted 2009-January-16, 08:50
I, as Fluffy, also play for RHO to have:
♠Void
♥???
♦T986x
♣xxxxx
Problem is when RHO plays small on the diamond lead from dummy...
♠Void
♥???
♦T986x
♣xxxxx
Problem is when RHO plays small on the diamond lead from dummy...
wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:
Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.
rbforster, on 2012-May-20, 21:04, said:
Besides playing for fun, most people also like to play bridge to win
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Posted 2009-January-16, 09:04
Wow this hand is 10000% different from what it was last night... relook...
While I agree with Frances that RHO might have doubled with 5 trumps and a spade void RHO with 5-5 in the minors still seems most likely to me. So I agree with Fluffy.
While I agree with Frances that RHO might have doubled with 5 trumps and a spade void RHO with 5-5 in the minors still seems most likely to me. So I agree with Fluffy.
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