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Right timing for this 3NT?

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Posted 2004-October-18, 04:31

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South deal and opens 10-12 NT. Bidding uncontested reaches 3NT.
West leads a low club: attitude lead from unknown length.
East plays the club K.



Easy if spades break 3-3.
But how should I handle the case where spades do not break ?

1) Play spades immediately to check the break, and lan the play on other suits accordingly ?

2) Play on diamonds ? (Duck 1 round)

3) Try stealing a trick in hearts ?
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Posted 2004-October-18, 06:43

♥ to the K, if it loses to the A you will need ♠3-3, but when west hops with the Ace to play ♣J you can still succed with a suicide squeeze.
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Posted 2004-October-18, 12:00

why not duck the ♣K to start with? win the next, heart to the king... if it wins, diamond to the K and duck a spade
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Posted 2004-October-18, 14:59

Ducking or not duncking won´t matter, sincec ♣ won´t be 7-2.

If you win ♥K the best play is small ♠ from dummy to catter to ♠Jxxxx at your right.
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Posted 2004-October-18, 18:53

you're right on the spade play... i wasn't thinking 7/2 on clubs, but i was thinking 6/3
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