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Leading, we had 62% going into the last round 
This, (top board) was no fun to play, I don't think I've ever taken only 3
tricks as declarer.
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Posted 2012-May-13, 00:02
We've just come 2nd in A/X Leading, we had 62% going into the last round
This, (top board) was no fun to play, I don't think I've ever taken only 3
tricks as declarer.
Leading, we had 62% going into the last round This, (top board) was no fun to play, I don't think I've ever taken only 3
tricks as declarer.
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
Bridge should be fun!
SHAPE!
"And no matter what methods you play, it is essential, for anyone aspiring to learn to be a good player, to learn the importance of bidding shape properly." (MH)
Bridge should be fun!
SHAPE!
"And no matter what methods you play, it is essential, for anyone aspiring to learn to be a good player, to learn the importance of bidding shape properly." (MH)
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Posted 2012-May-13, 10:01
Well, EW missed 3NT, so wtp? (West seems to have a perfectly sane 1NT call over 1C)
Also, I think double-dummy you can be held to just your two aces! (CAKQ, then heart towards K, say South wins and plays a diamond. Then DA, DK, D to 9, DJ throwing heart and a spade)
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(West seems to have a perfectly sane 1NT call over 1C)Also, I think double-dummy you can be held to just your two aces! (CAKQ, then heart towards K, say South wins and plays a diamond. Then DA, DK, D to 9, DJ throwing heart and a spade)
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Posted 2012-May-13, 10:11
That is elegant but you could also just get a heart ruff to beat it 5 on normal defense (say west guessed to lead a diamond, east wins and shifts to a heart, west continues a heart, south plays let's say a diamond hoping to get a ruff...west gives his partner a heart ruff, east plays trumps, west clears trumps and plays a diamond).
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Posted 2012-May-13, 11:01
I don't know the strength of the A/X field that was played in, but 3NT looks like it's frequently down on a heart lead. Maybe after 3 rounds of hearts and 5 rounds of clubs declarer should guess the position since S is pressed for pitches. (giving up 2 spades looks like it marks the Q with N, so S would have diamond Q?)
I once yelled at my partner for discarding the 'wrong' card when he was subjected to a squeeze that I allowed by giving the wrong count with too high a card. Now he's allowed to pitch aces when the opponents have the king in the dummy. At trick 2. When he could have followed suit. And blame me.
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Posted 2012-May-13, 12:40
kayin801, on 2012-May-13, 11:01, said:
I don't know the strength of the A/X field that was played in, but 3NT looks like it's frequently down on a heart lead. Maybe after 3 rounds of hearts and 5 rounds of clubs declarer should guess the position since S is pressed for pitches. (giving up 2 spades looks like it marks the Q with N, so S would have diamond Q?)
Declarer can play for South having the SA after the opening bid. (Slim odds on South having opened a flat 11 and North has just an ace) So he just plays a spade to the K after 5 rounds of clubs. South can win and cash his remaining heart(s), but that's it.
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