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LHO leads ♠5 (3rd/5th). Plan the play.
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Posted 2011-November-27, 02:24
I had this hand yesterday, and I wonder what the best play is. Team game, imps scoring.
LHO leads ♠5 (3rd/5th). Plan the play.
LHO leads ♠5 (3rd/5th). Plan the play.
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Posted 2011-November-27, 03:38
Win the Ace and play a heart to the Jack. After I get trumps out, diamond to the King.
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Posted 2011-November-27, 03:43
I'll duck the spade to the Jack. This wins if LHO has underled the Queen (can now avoid a diamond loser) or if he has the Queen of hearts doubleton (as I can now get to hand to finesse). It may also be hard for them to cash the diamond before it disappears anyways, as RHO will be on lead.
If I don't have the courage for this play at the table and win the Ace, I start hearts with the King of trump (stiff queen is better than stiff ace for picking up the trump suit, and are both equally likely).
If I don't have the courage for this play at the table and win the Ace, I start hearts with the King of trump (stiff queen is better than stiff ace for picking up the trump suit, and are both equally likely).
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Posted 2011-November-27, 04:23
West is unlikely to have led from the queen after this bidding and letting the opening lead run to hand risks immediate defeat.
Win in dummy and play the ♥K. Compared to playing trumps from hand this looses only against a singleton ♥A with West and even then you might recover with a trump coup later.
The advantage is that you keep your entries fluid. If you block trumps you also might run into a trump promotion. Opponents do not know much about your hand and they may well discard ♣s if you do not tell them much about your side suit distribution.
If opponents do not attack your ♣ entries at every opportunity there are trump squeeze possibilities in the minors.
If East or West holds originally 4 or more ♣ and the ♦A this would be the ending:
♦Kxx
♣AK
................
♥52
♦--
♣876
When you play the penultimate trump,discarding a ♦ from dummy, the opponent, who controls the minors, must either blank his ♦A or give up ♣ control.
So when you play a ♦ to dummy and West plays low it could be right not to play the ♦king.
The trouble is of course to diagnose whether this scenario exists with any certainty. You could go down when when the ♦A was with West or ♣s 3-3 all the time.
However, I might not be able to resist the temptation to play for the trump squeeze.
Probability wise it is better to give up on the trump squeeze, but you could try a similar squeeze against an opponent holding 5 or more ♦s with length in ♣s if the ♦ finesse fails.
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Win in dummy and play the ♥K. Compared to playing trumps from hand this looses only against a singleton ♥A with West and even then you might recover with a trump coup later.
The advantage is that you keep your entries fluid. If you block trumps you also might run into a trump promotion. Opponents do not know much about your hand and they may well discard ♣s if you do not tell them much about your side suit distribution.
If opponents do not attack your ♣ entries at every opportunity there are trump squeeze possibilities in the minors.
If East or West holds originally 4 or more ♣ and the ♦A this would be the ending:
♦Kxx
♣AK
................
♥52
♦--
♣876
When you play the penultimate trump,discarding a ♦ from dummy, the opponent, who controls the minors, must either blank his ♦A or give up ♣ control.
So when you play a ♦ to dummy and West plays low it could be right not to play the ♦king.
The trouble is of course to diagnose whether this scenario exists with any certainty. You could go down when when the ♦A was with West or ♣s 3-3 all the time.
However, I might not be able to resist the temptation to play for the trump squeeze.
Probability wise it is better to give up on the trump squeeze, but you could try a similar squeeze against an opponent holding 5 or more ♦s with length in ♣s if the ♦ finesse fails.
Rainer Herrmann
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Posted 2011-November-27, 15:13
Playing a low trump from the King is a cheap shot against Qx with East.
It costs little to nothing versus playing the King.
If this post was in the A&E section, I would have been reluctant...of course.
It costs little to nothing versus playing the King.
If this post was in the A&E section, I would have been reluctant...of course.
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Posted 2011-November-27, 18:31
2♥ probably denied an ace, so RHO shouldn't go wrong if he has ♥Qx.
... that would still not be conclusive proof, before someone wants to explain that to me as well as if I was a 5 year-old. - gwnn
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Posted 2011-November-28, 02:43
gnasher, on 2011-November-27, 18:31, said:
2♥ probably denied an ace, so RHO shouldn't go wrong if he has ♥Qx.
Indeed, 2♥ showed no Aces, no Kings, and less than 2 Queens.
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