[slothy]

These hands came up tonite in f2f bridge

Hand 1

Scoring: IMP


1♣

Spoiler

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1♥
1NT

Spoiler

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2♣
3NT*

Spoiler

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4NT
5♣**

Spoiler

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6♥

* 4-3-3-3 Max with 3 ♥
** 0 3 KC

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You get 9 ♣ lead. You take with A and ruff a ♣. You play a ♥ to K and ruff a ♣ all following. ♥ to dummy, RHO pitching a ♦. you draw last trump and RHO pitches another ♦. Take it from here...

[slothy]

Whilst i am at it.......

Hand 2

Scoring: IMP

Contract 3NT

small ♥ lead J ♥ RHO.

Take it from here

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You duck ♥?? take next heart with K. go to dummy with ♠ and play small ♣ to 9. west wins with T and shoots back ♥

what your line of play?

[Deanrover]

LHO leads says he doesn't have the Club K, Q or J. Presuming from your description none of these have fallen, RHO has 5 clubs. After his diamond discard it seems likely he has 2155 distribution. So don't pull the final trump. Ruff the club high. Ace of spades, spade finesse.

If this wins you are home. If he has Qx you are home providing you get diamonds right. If he has Qxx you need to cash top two spades and endplay him, but you were never going to do that.

No. This doesn't work. If East does have Qx x xxxxx KQJxx then after winning the Spade Queen he can win by firing through the final club.

Back to study

[the hog]

slothy, on Nov 9 2004, 11:11 AM, said:

These hands came up tonite in f2f bridge

Hand 1

Scoring: IMP


1♣

Spoiler

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  1♥
1NT

Spoiler

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2♣
3NT*

Spoiler

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4NT
5♣**

Spoiler

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6♥

* 4-3-3-3 Max with 3 ♥
** 0 3 KC
   

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You get 9 ♣ lead. You take with A and ruff a ♣. You play a ♥ to K and ruff a ♣ all following. ♥ to dummy, RHO pitching a ♦. you draw last trump and RHO pitches another ♦. Take it from here...

I ruff the last C and if C are 4-4 play three rounds of Ds with the S hook in reserve if rho isnt endplayed.

[inquiry]

What are the club spots... does it look like WEST lead from club 9xx(x)? So that EAST and only EAST has a club stopper? IF so, the club ruff strategy has been not so useful.. you would have quard squeeze, double squeeze, compound squeeze chances. I wouldn't play this way. Did you consider correcting the count by ducking a cluib? If people are interested we could move this hand to the squeeze hand pattern recongntion thread if there is any interest in that thread.... it seems not to have taken hold. BTW duck first club, ruff second one, perserve the club ACe...

Ben

[Flame]

Hand 1:
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Might be too late to take it from here, i think you should duck the first or second club , if west lead from good suit the squeese will work.

Hand2:
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Take the A of heart, if east play heart hearts are 4-3 play A club, and unless west discards play another club. You will make on 3-3club, or 4 in east's hand. dont play club to the 8, because you dont like the diamond return.
IF hearts are 5-2, you are basicly on the diamond finnese, you can still play to the A club, and if east go up with K, which is how normal ppl spits their honoors play small, this will add some chances, you will make if east is KQx or KQJX, if not the finnese is still there.

[slothy]

inquiry, on Nov 8 2004, 09:22 PM, said:

What are the club spots... does it look like WEST lead from club 9xx(x)?  Did you consider correcting the count by ducking a cluib? If people are interested we could move this hand to the squeeze hand pattern recongntion thread if there is any interest in that thread....

Ben

Ben West lead from j 9 xxx (as i found out later), East had KQx .Well that how he followed to club tricks ♣

it was board 30 of a 32 board match Ben ) and one of opponents was practically a narcoleptic so it was kinda late.

I had a certain ploy on this hand. Considerde ducking but LHO had come up with some weird leads and as i said B 30

IF you wanna put it in squeeze thread sure Ben.. no copyright violation after all..