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They led a small heart to the J and my Queen. How would you play?
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Posted 2013-September-11, 21:10
They led a small heart to the J and my Queen. How would you play?
wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:
Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.
rbforster, on 2012-May-20, 21:04, said:
Besides playing for fun, most people also like to play bridge to win
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Posted 2013-September-11, 22:48
first off congrats on getting to 4s....not easy
as nonexpert I will try a club now...thinking of some sort of cross ruff?
as nonexpert I will try a club now...thinking of some sort of cross ruff?
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Posted 2013-September-12, 00:31
Assume you reversed N&S bidding?
If spades are 3-2, you have 4 spades, a ruff in one hand or the other, and 3 hearts with a finesse for ♥K. If one of the minor suit kings wins a trick, you are up to 9 or if both win, 10 tricks. If you can get a cross ruff going, you might make 6 trump tricks 3 hearts, and only need 1 of the minor suit kings. Opponents can/should lead spades when in with the minor suit aces.
I'll start with club to the king. If they win the ace and play a trump, I'll win in hand, finesse the heart, and a diamond to the king. Assume another trump is returned. If both minor suits kings are winners, and trumps are 3-2, cash the remaining winners and cross ruff and you'll have 10 or 11 tricks. To best guard against 4-1 trumps, win the 2nd trump so that you can potentially overruff the hand with 4 trumps.
If only the ♣K is a winner, win the 2nd trump in dummy, since you want to ruff the 4th round of clubs with a high trump. Ruff a club, ruff a diamond, heart,ruff a club high, and hope to ruff a diamond with dummy's last trump. If only the ♦K is a winner, win the trump return in hand, ♦K, heart to dummy, and cross ruff clubs and diamonds.
If both minor suit kings lose on this line, I don't think you have any chance except QJ tight in one of the minors in the same hand with a doubleton trump.
If the opponents don't go up ♣A on the club lead, should you play low and try to set up the club suit or go up with the king and hope LHO ducked? You need 4-3 clubs with ♣A in the short club hand, and 3-2 trumps. I make that about 1 in 4 for favorable clubs trumps. So might as well go up ♣K just in case LHO ducked, since your percentage play is to use a dummy entry for a 50-50 diamond finesse. Hope that's right.
If spades are 3-2, you have 4 spades, a ruff in one hand or the other, and 3 hearts with a finesse for ♥K. If one of the minor suit kings wins a trick, you are up to 9 or if both win, 10 tricks. If you can get a cross ruff going, you might make 6 trump tricks 3 hearts, and only need 1 of the minor suit kings. Opponents can/should lead spades when in with the minor suit aces.
I'll start with club to the king. If they win the ace and play a trump, I'll win in hand, finesse the heart, and a diamond to the king. Assume another trump is returned. If both minor suits kings are winners, and trumps are 3-2, cash the remaining winners and cross ruff and you'll have 10 or 11 tricks. To best guard against 4-1 trumps, win the 2nd trump so that you can potentially overruff the hand with 4 trumps.
If only the ♣K is a winner, win the 2nd trump in dummy, since you want to ruff the 4th round of clubs with a high trump. Ruff a club, ruff a diamond, heart,ruff a club high, and hope to ruff a diamond with dummy's last trump. If only the ♦K is a winner, win the trump return in hand, ♦K, heart to dummy, and cross ruff clubs and diamonds.
If both minor suit kings lose on this line, I don't think you have any chance except QJ tight in one of the minors in the same hand with a doubleton trump.
If the opponents don't go up ♣A on the club lead, should you play low and try to set up the club suit or go up with the king and hope LHO ducked? You need 4-3 clubs with ♣A in the short club hand, and 3-2 trumps. I make that about 1 in 4 for favorable clubs trumps. So might as well go up ♣K just in case LHO ducked, since your percentage play is to use a dummy entry for a 50-50 diamond finesse. Hope that's right.
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Posted 2013-September-12, 05:45
Well, West is pretty much marked with the ♥K so that's eliminated my heart problem and potentially given me two heart entries. I think if I try to cross ruff that too many trumps might come back at me. I'll just aim for a dummy reversal using hearts as entries to ruff clubs in the closed hand. I'll lead a small club to the ♣K at trick 2. If it works then I should be okay because I can get 3 hearts, a club, three ruffs in the closed hand, and AK of spades... wait a minute, that's only 9 tricks...
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