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Posted 2011-January-06, 11:50



I got to 6NT. I received a diamond lead, played a heart to my queen which held, another diamond to dummy and a heartducked to East, who led another diamond, all following. I enter my hand with a club, small cards all around, and then led the ♥A and a high heart, a spade from West and a club from East. I reached:

♠A9
♥
♦
♣A98

♠QT
♥x
♦
♣QT

What then?

 wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:

Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.


 rbforster, on 2012-May-20, 21:04, said:

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Posted 2011-January-06, 12:00

I'd have started by running ♥7, which picks up Kxx-J10x and costs nothing.

I can't see anything special about the ending you reached - it's just a black-suit squeeze or ♣J coming down, isn't it?
... 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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Posted 2011-January-06, 12:16

View Postgnasher, on 2011-January-06, 12:00, said:

I'd have started by running ♥7, which picks up Kxx-J10x and costs nothing. I can't see anything special about the ending you reached - it's just a black-suit squeeze or ♣J coming down, isn't it?
If opps have misdefended and LHO started with 4 ♣ then we should cash ♣Q next. Unfortunately we can't then recover if RHO started with 5 ♣. So agree with gnasher
  • At trick 2, run ♥7, picking up RHO's ♥ JTx or ♥ KJTx
  • Now, ♠A, ♣Q, ♥ and hope for the best.

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Posted 2011-January-06, 13:29

There's no need to cash ♠A yet. You can cash the heart, throwing a spade, and then decide whether to play for the squeeze/club drop or to take the club finesse.
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Posted 2011-January-06, 17:45

View Postgnasher, on 2011-January-06, 13:29, said:

There's no need to cash ♠A yet. You can cash the heart, throwing a spade, and then decide whether to play for the squeeze/club drop or to take the club finesse.
Duh :( Good point :)
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Posted 2011-January-06, 21:27

View Postgnasher, on 2011-January-06, 12:00, said:

I'd have started by running ♥7, which picks up Kxx-J10x and costs nothing.
Also xx-KJ10x
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Posted 2011-January-06, 21:57

heart to Q won then lets u duck a heart all around. Win the return go to dummy cash the spade A and the dia winners then come back to hand with a club and run the hearts

you will reduce dummy to club Axx and your hand to spade Q and Kx clubs

this position wins whenever clubs 33 or 42 and same player has spade K

The spade ace unblock is called a vienna coupe. Quit bidding such rotten slams and you wont need these types of plays very much (to go along with 33 hearts and a heart finesse) if this makes your slam was around 8% or so.
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Posted 2011-January-06, 22:47

View Postgnasher, on 2011-January-06, 12:00, said:

I'd have started by running ♥7, which picks up Kxx-J10x and costs nothing.


View PostFluffy, on 2011-January-06, 21:27, said:

Also xx-KJ10x

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Posted 2011-January-07, 05:19

should have known Andy wouldn't miss that hehe
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Posted 2011-January-07, 08:10

I checked yesterday and hearts were actually:

76

AQ8xx

 wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:

Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.


 rbforster, on 2012-May-20, 21:04, said:

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