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#1 User is offline   kgr 

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Posted 2010-September-19, 05:46

Scoring: IMP

Opps don't bid:
1♦-1♠
2♥-3♦
4NT-5♣
6♦-AP
 
LHO leads ♣Q (RHO play ♣9 - udca) and you take ♣A.
What is best?:
- Cross twice in ♠ to take two finesses in ♦ and hope for ♥'s 4-4
- Play ♦A and cross in ♠ to play ♦ (run ♦8 is best I think?) and hope for 1 ♦ looser & ♠3-3 or ♥3-3 or 4c♥/4c♠ in same hand.
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Posted 2010-September-19, 07:33

I like DA first. Not much percent between the two choices --gut instinct, not summed --BUT when DA drops DK to make this slam, opponents will be demoralized.
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Posted 2010-September-19, 08:39

Gut reaction is not to take 2 ♦ finesses because of losing squeeze chances for ♠/♥. So I play A♦ and if neither opp plays K or J I lead a ♠ to dummy and lead towards the Q9♦.
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Posted 2010-September-19, 10:06

♦ to the ♦Q if it holds and ♦3-2 you have no more problems in hearts
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  Posted 2010-September-19, 10:36

I think A♦ and then leading back to the Q-9 is the right play here.
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Posted 2010-September-19, 11:02

Fluffy, on Sep 19 2010, 11:06 AM, said:

♦ to the ♦Q if it holds and ♦3-2 you have no more problems in hearts

actually the %age play looks to be to duck unless RHO plays something higher
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Posted 2010-September-19, 12:54

you'd need a calculator to get this one right.. just pick any line that comes to your mind, as they all seem close to each other in odds.
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Posted 2010-September-19, 13:20

I think it is right to cross to a spade and finesse the queen of diamonds, as recommended by Fluffy, but if it loses I think it is then right to play for the jack to be doubleton, so that we keep the heart-spade squeeze intact. That loses a bit in diamonds but gains a load in the majors - still winning when hearts are 3-3 but also when four hearts are with four spades, not to mention avoiding a spade ruff if they are 5-1.
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