[Fluffy]

S - W - N - E
ps -ps -1♣ -1♦
1♥-1♠-3♥-ps
4♥-ps -ps -ps

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The lead is the ♦6 that goes to East´s Ace.
East then swithes to the ♠10

Where does the ♥Q lie?.

Spoiler

There is no real need to make a guess, just let the spade 10 win you would eventually get a club J switch wich will give you perfect count of the hand :.), and trumps suddenly become VERY wellcome to be 4-1

Oh actually you shouldn´t care .

[flytoox]

Are you sure we dont need to find HQ? you have 2 spade and one diamond losers. There is no throw-in.

I think I will duck ST and see what is going on. If RHO could not continue spade, he rates to have singleton spade and I will play him for HQ.

[Fluffy]

Good job, duck ♠10, and you get a ♣J switch, now you won´t really need any guess at all.

[luke warm]

wait... i thought of that also, but what if west plays the ♠Q, thinking east had a stiff spade?

[Flame]

Fluffy, on Nov 14 2004, 09:37 AM, said:

Good job, duck ♠10, and you get a ♣J switch, now you won´t really need any guess at all.

Explain more pls, what are we doing after the J club switch ?

[flytoox]

luke warm, on Nov 14 2004, 04:23 PM, said:

wait... i thought of that also, but what if west plays the ♠Q, thinking east had a stiff spade?

Perhaps you can play some throw-in if west overtakes ST. Not perfect endplay, only partial here I think.

[Fluffy]

After the ♣J switch you already know the exact distrribution

East has 1 spade obviously
East has 6 Diamonds, the bidding suggests it strongly, with 7 carder he woul hardly bid 1♦ then pass. Also consistent with ♦6 lead wich strongly suggests 4 cards.
East has 1 or 2 ♣ when switches to the ♣J

So East has 4 or 5♥, there is little you can do against 5♥, so assume he has 4.

Play ♥K in case the ♥Q is stiff offside, and when west plays its low singleton just make a finese, ♦ ruff, and a further finese makes your hand high.

East´s hand:

♠10
♥Q863
♦AQJ852
♣J3

[Flame]

Jlall, on Nov 14 2004, 07:49 PM, said:

Fluffy, on Nov 14 2004, 04:15 PM, said:

East has 1 or 2 ♣ when switches to the ♣J

you need to play in stronger games.

Not sure.
Playing J from Jxx infront of AK is a good play , but playign J behind the AK doesnt seem so smart.

[Flame]

Fluffy, on Nov 14 2004, 04:15 PM, said:

After the ♣J switch you already know the exact distrribution

East has 1 spade obviously
East has 6 Diamonds, the bidding suggests it strongly, with 7 carder he woul hardly bid 1♦ then pass. Also consistent with ♦6 lead wich strongly suggests 4 cards.
East has 1 or 2 ♣ when switches to the ♣J

So East has 4 or 5♥, there is little you can do against 5♥, so assume he has 4.

Play ♥K in case the ♥Q is stiff offside, and when west plays its low singleton just make a finese, ♦ ruff, and a further finese makes your hand high.

East´s hand:

♠10
♥Q863
♦AQJ852
♣J3

Thanks, thought you ment some kind of endplay when you said no need to guess.

[Fluffy]

Jlall, on Nov 15 2004, 12:49 AM, said:

Fluffy, on Nov 14 2004, 04:15 PM, said:

East has 1 or 2 ♣ when switches to the ♣J

you need to play in stronger games.

Yeah well, maybe should had posted that the opponent´s level wasn´t really high, but anyway, I love to play at higher levels, but its often good to play at these levels when ther are good prices .

[EarlPurple]

ok I am East. After my ♠10 holds I next lead another diamond. Now what do you do?