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Posted 2014-May-21, 09:43

Since I am suppose to rank these in general terms, I think this one is slightly harder than the all the play 010-015. I am beginning to step up the difficulty of the grand slams in a suit here.

West leads a small spade. Dummy queen wins as East follows suit. Plan your play.


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Posted 2014-May-21, 09:52

combining chances is always harder, at least doing it optimally
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Posted 2014-May-21, 09:57

View PostFluffy, on 2014-May-21, 09:52, said:

combining chances is always harder, at least doing it optimally

I didn't think any combining of chances was necessary, this is a claim unless somebody's void in clubs or hearts, or more unlikely exactly 3181.

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Posted 2014-May-21, 10:59

View PostCyberyeti, on 2014-May-21, 09:57, said:

I didn't think any combining of chances was necessary, this is a claim unless somebody's void in clubs or hearts, or more unlikely exactly 3181.

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Posted 2014-May-21, 11:25

These are coming fast and heavy, but this one seems pretty clear.

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Posted 2014-May-21, 11:39

These suit hands, taken together, remind of something Edgar Kaplan said in his book Contract Bridge Complete (I think that was the title): There are three commomn ways to use trumps. Ruff losers on the board, play a crossruff, or use your trumps to set up a long suit in the dummy. Usually you should be following one of these plans and you have to know which one you have selected because a little of each usually doesn't work.

I may not be quoting him exactly, but the idea of having a plan is certainly something we could all benefit from.
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