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At trick 8 (lead of spade towards AK10 in dummy), GIB:West fails to split QJ to give declarer a way of going wrong.
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3rd hand low giving declarer no chance to go wrong
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Posted 2012-January-20, 15:17
In its simulations GIB assumes declarer is playing double dummy, so it will never go wrong.
Furthermore, you really shouldn't get this wrong. The only alternative to the ♠ finesse is to play for the other honor to drop doubleton. If West has the doubleton, it will show up when South leads towards dummy (and why would West have pitched a spade from QJx?). If it's East, he made an incredibly strange play of 2 from honor doubleton, when playing a ♦ would have guaranteed the defense a spade trick.
Furthermore, you really shouldn't get this wrong. The only alternative to the ♠ finesse is to play for the other honor to drop doubleton. If West has the doubleton, it will show up when South leads towards dummy (and why would West have pitched a spade from QJx?). If it's East, he made an incredibly strange play of 2 from honor doubleton, when playing a ♦ would have guaranteed the defense a spade trick.
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Posted 2012-January-20, 20:04
barmar, on 2012-January-20, 15:17, said:
In its simulations GIB assumes declarer is playing double dummy, so it will never go wrong.
Furthermore, you really shouldn't get this wrong. The only alternative to the ♠ finesse is to play for the other honor to drop doubleton. If West has the doubleton, it will show up when South leads towards dummy (and why would West have pitched a spade from QJx?). If it's East, he made an incredibly strange play of 2 from honor doubleton, when playing a ♦ would have guaranteed the defense a spade trick.
Furthermore, you really shouldn't get this wrong. The only alternative to the ♠ finesse is to play for the other honor to drop doubleton. If West has the doubleton, it will show up when South leads towards dummy (and why would West have pitched a spade from QJx?). If it's East, he made an incredibly strange play of 2 from honor doubleton, when playing a ♦ would have guaranteed the defense a spade trick.
No it doesn't- declarer has to take the double finesse or rely on the incredibly unlikely doubleton or singleton honour offside
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