[hanp]

From playing clubs.

[Fluffy]

hanp, on Mar 15 2010, 06:39 PM, said:

From playing clubs.

yeah well, but if rho has ♠Qxx ♥x ♦AJxx ♣xxxxx you will get the club count a bit late.

[hanp]

Hopefully the opponents bid in a way that I would find reasonable. As I think that it would be normal to make a takeout double with 1435 shape, I would find it strange if RHO has longer clubs than diamonds.

I realize that I could be wrong, the opponents often bid differently than I would expect. But I'm taking that chance as I think that it is fairly small and the chance that I can get the hand right after playing clubs, hearts and diamonds is quite large.

[Mbodell]

Scoring: XIMP

here were the actual hands
finesse wins
playing on clubs is no good

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I, of course, played for the drop. And went back and forth in my mind which is better after the fact but then decided the finesse is probably much better.

[Fluffy]

hanp, on Mar 15 2010, 07:03 PM, said:

Hopefully the opponents bid in a way that I would find reasonable. As I think that it would be normal to make a takeout double with 1435 shape, I would find it strange if RHO has longer clubs than diamonds.

[nige1]

Mbodell, on Mar 14 2010, 04:46 PM, said:

Scoring: XIMP

P - P - 1♣ - P
1♠ - X - XX - 2♦
2♠ - P - 4♠ all pass
T1♦6 5 A 3
T2♦J Q K T
T3♥T A 2 3
T4♠K 7 2 3
T5♠J 9 ?

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I guess to finesse but prefer a different auction: Pass RHO's 2♦ back to partner. With his actual hand the end-result would probably be the same but I would expect a more rewarding outcome if his ♠ and ♦ suits were swapped.

[Mbodell]

nige1, on Mar 18 2010, 02:35 AM, said:

I guess to finesse but prefer a different auction: Pass RHO's 2♦ back to partner. With his actual hand the end-result would probably be the same but I would expect a more rewarding outcome if his ♠ and ♦ suits were swapped.

To be honest, I think that may have happened. I think he bid 4♠ over 2♦. The play is hte thing I remembered more and I remembered the diamond bid but not what happened next before we ended up in 4♠.