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1♠ 1NT
3♦ 3NT
♥2 to the A, ♥9 returned; plan the play.
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Interesting hand I probably played incorrectly, but made
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Posted 2004-November-23, 00:06
NS silent throughout:
W E
1♠ 1NT
3♦ 3NT
♥2 to the A, ♥9 returned; plan the play.
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Posted 2004-November-23, 00:30
i've got 3♠'s, 2♥'s, 1♦ and 2♣'s cold
i'll overtake the ♥ because i can't risk LHO holding the J and switching to ♣ before i've setup dummy's 5th spade with an entry
small ♦ to board
only a 5-1 ♠ split can set me now
i'll overtake the ♥ because i can't risk LHO holding the J and switching to ♣ before i've setup dummy's 5th spade with an entry
small ♦ to board
only a 5-1 ♠ split can set me now
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Posted 2004-November-23, 04:58
not that easy... 2 club tricks aren't certain, hard to get to hand to take the ace
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Posted 2004-November-23, 05:09
low to diamonds.
If it holds, I play off spades.
If it does not, I take the return and playoff diamonds.
If it holds, I play off spades.
If it does not, I take the return and playoff diamonds.
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Posted 2004-November-23, 06:04
Chamaco, on Nov 23 2004, 01:09 PM, said:
low to diamonds.
If it holds, I play off spades.
If it does not, I take the return and playoff diamonds.
If it holds, I play off spades.
If it does not, I take the return and playoff diamonds.
exactly. Gives you a lot of chances. May work if spades are 5/1 too, if ♦A is with LHO.
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Posted 2004-November-23, 07:10
luke warm, on Nov 23 2004, 04:58 AM, said:
not that easy... 2 club tricks aren't certain, hard to get to hand to take the ace
yes i suppose you're right: the killing defense to my approach isn't the club switch after all, but keeping up hearts. go figure.
(this is why i make llammas declare whenever possible)
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Posted 2004-November-23, 14:54
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Posted 2004-November-23, 15:52
I didn't comment on this hand before now, because Sean and I talked about it yesterday, so I had the huge advantage of knowing the layout.
There was a clever llittle ending where LHO misdefended by not discarding the jack of hearts.. .so he was endplayed into giving two spades up to the dummy at the end. There was a point where there seems to be a 100% line of leading low diamond from dummy towards the 9x...
I myself like diamond at trick three.. (just as sean did-- noting that south played the TEN). Win heart continuation when diamond king loses, and play club to dummy and then top two spades (nothing the spade TEN on first round (so 9 is a hook threat) and then north shows out.
Seems double dummy now. South is 5-4-2-2 or 5-4-1-3 or 5-4-3-1. If he is 5-4-3-1, you can duck a diamond now, and later duck a spade, for forced spade return.. and hook (he gets his heart, the diamond you duck, and a the spade you duck, but that is it along with trick one heart ace.) If South is 5-4-1-3, north will win the diamond but is endplayed. If he returns club, you make 3D, 2C, 2H, 3S. On the diamond, south is squeezed. It really is sort of neat.. here is ending...
On first diamond what does south throw? Ok, let's say spade (as good as other). If norht returns club, win ace, cross to dummy in diamonds and win nine tricks, So norht leads another diamond. Now criss-cross squeeze on South. IF he throws a nother spade, win in dummy, cash spades. If he throws club, win in hand, cash club ACE, and exit heart. And if he throws heart, win in dummy. Cash hearts, and spade queen, then throw south in with spade for club lead to your ace.
Anyway.. the line played was cash the queen of diamonds and exit a diamond. South shoudl see the throw in with heart jack comming a mile away and jettison the heart jack on the second diamond or on the club QUEEN as this was an extremely easy endplay to see coming.
Still a neat hand I thought. You can also make by cashing all dummy winners then exiting with a diamond, thanks to the location of club QJ...
There was a clever llittle ending where LHO misdefended by not discarding the jack of hearts.. .so he was endplayed into giving two spades up to the dummy at the end. There was a point where there seems to be a 100% line of leading low diamond from dummy towards the 9x...
I myself like diamond at trick three.. (just as sean did-- noting that south played the TEN). Win heart continuation when diamond king loses, and play club to dummy and then top two spades (nothing the spade TEN on first round (so 9 is a hook threat) and then north shows out.
Seems double dummy now. South is 5-4-2-2 or 5-4-1-3 or 5-4-3-1. If he is 5-4-3-1, you can duck a diamond now, and later duck a spade, for forced spade return.. and hook (he gets his heart, the diamond you duck, and a the spade you duck, but that is it along with trick one heart ace.) If South is 5-4-1-3, north will win the diamond but is endplayed. If he returns club, you make 3D, 2C, 2H, 3S. On the diamond, south is squeezed. It really is sort of neat.. here is ending...
On first diamond what does south throw? Ok, let's say spade (as good as other). If norht returns club, win ace, cross to dummy in diamonds and win nine tricks, So norht leads another diamond. Now criss-cross squeeze on South. IF he throws a nother spade, win in dummy, cash spades. If he throws club, win in hand, cash club ACE, and exit heart. And if he throws heart, win in dummy. Cash hearts, and spade queen, then throw south in with spade for club lead to your ace.
Anyway.. the line played was cash the queen of diamonds and exit a diamond. South shoudl see the throw in with heart jack comming a mile away and jettison the heart jack on the second diamond or on the club QUEEN as this was an extremely easy endplay to see coming.
Still a neat hand I thought. You can also make by cashing all dummy winners then exiting with a diamond, thanks to the location of club QJ...
--Ben--
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