[Phil]

Scoring: IMP

2N -3N

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1. ♥3, 6, A, 4
2. ♥7, 9, J, ♠9
3. ♠Q, T, 2, A

Plan the play.

[hanp]

I would play club ace and a small club to the queen. If RHO shows out on the second round of clubs I may be able to go back to diamonds.

Probably doesn't matter but the heart nine looks strange to me.

[Phil]

hanp, on May 4 2010, 04:30 AM, said:

I would play club ace and a small club to the queen. If RHO shows out on the second round of clubs I may be able to go back to diamonds.

Probably doesn't matter but the heart nine looks strange to me.

On the ♣A you get the 9 on your right if that matters.

[hanp]

In that case I don't see any reason not to play the club jack.

[Phil]

hanp, on May 4 2010, 09:30 AM, said:

In that case I don't see any reason not to play the club jack.

In any case - WD. Diamonds were 4-1 and clubs 3-2 with 10-9 on your right.

The declarer at the table played, ♦A, ♦ducked, ♥through, ♦ to K, ♣hook losing for -2.

[Jlall]

hanp, on May 4 2010, 04:30 AM, said:

Probably doesn't matter but the heart nine looks strange to me.

?? LHO can still have QJxxx, what else can we do but duck the heart? Indeed it looks like a mortal lock that LHO has exactly QJ832 based on the way the hearts have gone.

As for the play obviously play on clubs. If we can get 4 club tricks we have 9 tricks. If we set up diamonds and get 4 diamond tricks we only have 8 tricks and need some more stuff to happen (like a club hook).

Hans fork is a nice addition if the clubs go A small small small. We will need luck to make it after that but it's an extra shot nonetheless. If RHO plays the T or 9 then play the jack next and claim unless they were playing a game with us with KT9x

[Jlall]

Phil, on May 4 2010, 09:50 AM, said:

hanp, on May 4 2010, 09:30 AM, said:

In that case I don't see any reason not to play the club jack.

In any case - WD. Diamonds were 4-1 and clubs 3-2 with 10-9 on your right.

The declarer at the table played, ♦A, ♦ducked, ♥through, ♦ to K, ♣hook losing for -2.

Lol...a victory for counting your tricks. Ez game.

I think Han doesn't get full credit though since he didn't duck the heart and went down that way

[hanp]

I wanted to play the ♥10.

[Jlall]

hanp, on May 4 2010, 10:00 AM, said:

I wanted to play the ♥10.

ahh ok. That was a random nitpick then lol

[Phil]

Jlall, on May 4 2010, 09:57 AM, said:

Hans fork is a nice addition if the clubs go A small small small. We will need luck to make it after that but it's an extra shot nonetheless. If RHO plays the T or 9 then play the jack next and claim unless they were playing a game with us with KT9x

This was a new partner. I hope he would have been up to this f/c.

I held QJ8x QJ832 x K5x. I was ready to duck the ♣J if he would have popped ♦K and worked on clubs.

I think I'll get endplayed later since I didn't unblock the ♠8 for 8 but I don't see 9.

[Free]

Phil, on May 4 2010, 03:50 PM, said:

hanp, on May 4 2010, 09:30 AM, said:

In that case I don't see any reason not to play the club jack.

In any case - WD. Diamonds were 4-1 and clubs 3-2 with 10-9 on your right.

The declarer at the table played, ♦A, ♦ducked, ♥through, ♦ to K, ♣hook losing for -2.

Seems to me like a poor line to play on ♦: you need a 3-2 split for 2 extra tricks AND the ♣ hook. Playing on ♣, whenever they're 3-2 or some 4-1's will give you 3 extra tricks immediately, plus the remote chance of ♦QJ stiff.

[Fluffy]

declarer was very sleepy here, as Free points out, starting with the suit that gives you 2 extra tricks instead of 3 (or even 4) is a beginner's mistake, the fact that that likelly extra trick happens to be the 9th makes it even worse.