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You try a somewhat unorthodox 2nt overcall and get a 4th best ♣6 for a lead. Weak 2♥ is mainstream, 5-10, 6-bagger almost all the time.
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Nine and Tens MP play problem/guess at T2
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Posted 2011-July-09, 20:05
You try a somewhat unorthodox 2nt overcall and get a 4th best ♣6 for a lead. Weak 2♥ is mainstream, 5-10, 6-bagger almost all the time.
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Posted 2011-July-10, 02:34
I want to keep ♠Q as an entry for later, so I'll play on ♦. I think the K is best because we can drop the Q or the 9 in case of a 4-1 split.
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Posted 2011-July-11, 04:49
For those who answered ♦K from hand at T2, it goes 4, 6, 7. What now ?
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Posted 2011-July-11, 05:03
Play another one to the 10. We'd have had more of a problem if they'd taken the diamond and played another club, because we wouldn't know what to discard.
... 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-July-11, 05:09
sathyab, on 2011-July-11, 04:49, said:
For those who answered ♦K from hand at T2, it goes 4, 6, 7. What now ?
Small ♦ and cover whatever LHO plays. Only A, Q and 9 are out, we'll be able to setup our suit unless East had AQ97 next to his ♥s.
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Posted 2011-July-12, 20:28
gnasher, on 2011-July-11, 05:03, said:
Play another one to the 10. We'd have had more of a problem if they'd taken the diamond and played another club, because we wouldn't know what to discard.
OK, Ok, if you've started with the ♦K from hand at T2, you probably won't change your mind now, but just checking. But no, LHO can't trouble you by winning the first ♦ and playing back a ♣. For, you'd simply win, discard a ♥, finesse the ♥Q and play a ♦ toward the dummy, inserting the 8 if LHO played low. By now, you'd have placed him 4=0=4=5. And continue ♦s. If LHO sticks to his plan and continues ♣s, you win, discarding a ♠. But now you know where the ♠K is. So you finesse that and end up with ten tricks, 2 ♠, 2 ♥, 3 ♦ and 3 ♣.
No, the stronger defense is for LHO win the second and third round of ♦ and put you back in your hand with the fourth ♦. Now the title of the article: "Nines and Tens". You play a ♠ to the 8 and when it loses to the King, you claim ten tricks anyway and earn a well-deserved "wdp" from your partner
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