When I played this hand I thought that this was an example of restricted choice.
West could have played ♠Q instead of the ♠K as well and I decided to play on spades to be 3-3.
But after the match I felt unsure about that, because the restricted choice argument concerned East with 10 and Q just as West.
Hand presented on my blog
Here I tried to post the handviewer link in BBF. The source is pasted from my blog. But it doesn't work.
What did I wrong??
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Is this an argument for East holding the last spade?
From the lead we know, that EAst holds ♦A and at probably 2 of the high ♣ honors. We know he is singleton ♥ too. If he had doubleton ♠, he must held 10 cards in the minors. Why didn't he bid?
Are there other arguments for one line of play or another?
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Play for 3-3 or ruffing finesse? Restricted choice with both opponents
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Posted 2009-February-26, 03:04
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♠♥♠ BAD bidding may be succesful due to excellent play, but not vice versa. ♦♣♦
Teaching in the BIL TUE 8:00am CET.
Lessons available. For INFO look here: Play bridge with Al
#2
Posted 2009-February-26, 06:16
I would have played spades the same way that you did.
You mentioned that if East is 2-1 in the majors he might have bid (true). But if he has the ♠Q then he is 31(45) or similar, and also might have bid. And, as you say, there is no restricted choice as far as the ♠Q goes because whoever has it had a choice.
So I would have played to ruff out the ♠Q because at the decision point, we know that West has 3 hearts and 3 non-queen spades (7 vacant spaces), and East has 1 heart and 2 non-queen spades (10 vacant spaces).
You mentioned that if East is 2-1 in the majors he might have bid (true). But if he has the ♠Q then he is 31(45) or similar, and also might have bid. And, as you say, there is no restricted choice as far as the ♠Q goes because whoever has it had a choice.
So I would have played to ruff out the ♠Q because at the decision point, we know that West has 3 hearts and 3 non-queen spades (7 vacant spaces), and East has 1 heart and 2 non-queen spades (10 vacant spaces).
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