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They lead 5♥ which could be... anything !
How would you approach the play and why ?
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Posted 2009-November-10, 16:20
They lead 5♥ which could be... anything !
How would you approach the play and why ?
(strong oppos).
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Posted 2009-November-10, 16:25
Win the heart Ace and attack clubs immediately, from dummy.
That said, what's the best line in clubs?
I'm sure there is some mathematical line that makes sense, but I'm thinking psychology.
If I play the King, no one gets duped about anything. I might smother the Queen to my right and have a good finesse of the 9 later.
If I play the Jack, I might smother a stiff 10 somewhere. I might also get RHO to duck the Queen and then drop it later, which would be funny. Or, I might get RHO to pop Ace, which might also be funny.
If I play small, nothing really funny happens.
So, going funny rather than odds, I'll play the Jack. Maybe somehow this also is the odds play for some reason. I have no clue nor desire at the table to work that one out.
That said, what's the best line in clubs?
I'm sure there is some mathematical line that makes sense, but I'm thinking psychology.
If I play the King, no one gets duped about anything. I might smother the Queen to my right and have a good finesse of the 9 later.
If I play the Jack, I might smother a stiff 10 somewhere. I might also get RHO to duck the Queen and then drop it later, which would be funny. Or, I might get RHO to pop Ace, which might also be funny.
If I play small, nothing really funny happens.
So, going funny rather than odds, I'll play the Jack. Maybe somehow this also is the odds play for some reason. I have no clue nor desire at the table to work that one out.
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Posted 2009-November-10, 16:37
Just lead a small club off dummy, RHO is not going to duck AQx ever since he wants to get in and shoot a heart through probably. So I will pick up every club holding except AQT on my right.
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Posted 2009-November-10, 16:39
On closer inspection ken is just confusing me with this lead clubs from dummy thing, looks quite safe to play a diamond to my hand and lead a club towards dummy... This takes away RHOs ability to duck from AQx
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Posted 2009-November-10, 16:46
dellache, on Nov 10 2009, 05:20 PM, said:
Scoring: IMP
1♦ 1♠
2♣ 3NT
Oppos silent.
1♦ 1♠
2♣ 3NT
Oppos silent.
They lead 5♥ which could be... anything !
How would you approach the play and why ?
(strong oppos).
my gut reaction is to lead the ♣K at trick 2. Oops just assumed it was IMPs without looking
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Posted 2009-November-10, 16:48
kenrexford, on Nov 10 2009, 05:25 PM, said:
Win the heart Ace and attack clubs immediately, from dummy.
That said, what's the best line in clubs?
I'm sure there is some mathematical line that makes sense, but I'm thinking psychology.
If I play the King, no one gets duped about anything. I might smother the Queen to my right and have a good finesse of the 9 later.
If I play the Jack, I might smother a stiff 10 somewhere. I might also get RHO to duck the Queen and then drop it later, which would be funny. Or, I might get RHO to pop Ace, which might also be funny.
If I play small, nothing really funny happens.
So, going funny rather than odds, I'll play the Jack. Maybe somehow this also is the odds play for some reason. I have no clue nor desire at the table to work that one out.
That said, what's the best line in clubs?
I'm sure there is some mathematical line that makes sense, but I'm thinking psychology.
If I play the King, no one gets duped about anything. I might smother the Queen to my right and have a good finesse of the 9 later.
If I play the Jack, I might smother a stiff 10 somewhere. I might also get RHO to duck the Queen and then drop it later, which would be funny. Or, I might get RHO to pop Ace, which might also be funny.
If I play small, nothing really funny happens.
So, going funny rather than odds, I'll play the Jack. Maybe somehow this also is the odds play for some reason. I have no clue nor desire at the table to work that one out.
smothering either the q or the T ♣ will work with the K and you still can lead up to the J
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"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it."
George Bernard Shaw
the Freman, Chani from the move "Dune"
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it."
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Posted 2009-November-10, 17:10
Any club from dummy risks losing to a particular singleton honour on the left. ♣K loses to singleton ace.
As Justin says, it's completely safe to cross to ♦K and lead a club towards dummy. If we can hold our club losers to two, they can't do us any damage by continuing diamonds.
Having led a club spot from hand, we should run it, in case LHO has AQ10x.
As Justin says, it's completely safe to cross to ♦K and lead a club towards dummy. If we can hold our club losers to two, they can't do us any damage by continuing diamonds.
Having led a club spot from hand, we should run it, in case LHO has AQ10x.
... 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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