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Drop or finesse

#1 User is offline   shyams 

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Posted 2010-September-13, 07:56

Perhaps the answer is obvious. But I wonder if human behaviour change odds:

1. I lead low towards dummy's Jack. LHO plays 9 and the Jack wins.
2. When I cash dummy's King, LHO drops the Queen he is known to hold
3. When I play a low towards hand, RHO plays the remaining small card

Drop or finesse? Does restricted choice suggest finesse?

The "human behaviour" part is because if LHO played Ten, then dropped Queen I'm sure I would have finessed. Does the Nine followed by Queen change anything?
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Posted 2010-September-13, 08:12

Finesse, yes and no.
and the result can be plotted on a graph.
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Posted 2010-September-13, 08:18

hanp, on Sep 13 2010, 09:12 AM, said:

Finesse, yes and no.

why doesn't restricted choice apply?
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Posted 2010-September-13, 08:20

shyams, on Sep 13 2010, 08:56 AM, said:

Does restricted choice suggest finesse?

yes

pooltuna said:

why doesn't restricted choice apply?


:blink: :blink:
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Posted 2010-September-13, 08:30

hanp, on Sep 13 2010, 02:20 PM, said:

:blink: :blink:

Why don't you answer the tuna?
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Posted 2010-September-13, 08:38

People are much better at randomizing their 9/T plays than at remembering to play the Q from QT9, so it's really not close in my opinion (whichever spot lefty played).
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Posted 2010-September-13, 08:41

Fluffy, on Sep 13 2010, 10:30 AM, said:

hanp, on Sep 13 2010, 02:20 PM, said:

:blink:  :blink:

Why don't you answer the tuna?

Because Tuna is confused. OP asked 3 questions, the second of which was about restricted choice. Hanp's second answer was "yes", restricted choice applies.
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Posted 2010-September-13, 08:46

I agree with Han's responses, but not with his smileys.
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Posted 2010-September-13, 08:53

Bbradley62, on Sep 13 2010, 02:41 PM, said:

Because Tuna is confused. OP asked 3 questions, the second of which was about restricted choice. Hanp's second answer was "yes", restricted choice applies.

Why do you say Tuna is right?
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Posted 2010-September-13, 09:02

Fluffy stop making me laugh.
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