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After a relay auction in which South's exact shape is known, and East has doubled clubs twice for the lead, you get a low club lead against 6H. East wins with the Queen and plays a low spade. How do you play?
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Posted 2013-February-06, 18:00
low ♠, ruff...♥A and back to other hand until trumps are gone...I play for the 4/3 split in spades...
The cross ruff seems to require 2/2 trump split if I am thinking correctly...so this should give better odds?
The cross ruff seems to require 2/2 trump split if I am thinking correctly...so this should give better odds?
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Posted 2013-February-06, 18:03
Well something bad must have happened, because the obvious line(to me) looks very unlikely to fail.
K of hearts(if both follow, than J, else take Q), diamond ace, ruff diamond, KQ of spades pitching 2 diamonds, back to hand with club ruff and pull any outstanding trump.
K of hearts(if both follow, than J, else take Q), diamond ace, ruff diamond, KQ of spades pitching 2 diamonds, back to hand with club ruff and pull any outstanding trump.
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Posted 2013-February-06, 18:21
RunemPard, on 2013-February-06, 18:00, said:
low ♠, ruff...♥A and back to other hand until trumps are gone...I play for the 4/3 split in spades...
The cross ruff seems to require 2/2 trump split if I am thinking correctly...so this should give better odds?
The cross ruff seems to require 2/2 trump split if I am thinking correctly...so this should give better odds?
You can easilly improve this playing ♠AK before ruffing, wich should tell you if 4/3 is coming or not.
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Posted 2013-February-06, 18:23
Fluffy, on 2013-February-06, 18:21, said:
You can easilly improve this playing ♠AK before ruffing, wich should tell you if 4/3 is coming or not.
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Posted 2013-February-08, 03:14
Spades were 2-5 and hearts were 3-1. I won the spade in dummy, cashed the KQ of hearts, ruffed a diamond, then played for 4-3 spades, so I went 1 down.
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mr1303, on 2013-February-06, 17:45, said:
AKQ93
KQ8
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K873
Opposite
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AJ9732
AK1093
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After a relay auction in which South's exact shape is known, and East has doubled clubs twice for the lead, you get a low club lead against 6H. East wins with the Queen and plays a low spade. How do you play?
KQ8
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K873
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AJ9732
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After a relay auction in which South's exact shape is known, and East has doubled clubs twice for the lead, you get a low club lead against 6H. East wins with the Queen and plays a low spade. How do you play?
From the low club lead I assume he has 3 cards. Then 6♥ 2♠ 2 ruffs and 2♦ are 12 tricks. Win, cash one ♥ if everyone follows, then cash one ♠, ♦ to the ace small ♦ ruff, ♣ ruff, ♦ ruff, ♣ or ♠ ruff if LHO has 2♣, draw trumps.
If trumps are 4-0 cash two more ♠, ♦ to the ace, ♦ ruff, cash the K♥, ♣ ruff, draw trumps.
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Posted 2013-March-02, 10:08
IMO it's better to play on ♦ than ♠. Even if they don't split, you might still survive (for example, if East has a singleton ♦, he may be unable to overruff the 8).
So the plan is to ruff two ♦ in dummy. Or maybe 3 ♦. Depends on whether the second ♠ will cash.
So you can attempt to cash a ♠ in the second trick, which will either provide a ♦ discard (in case they don't split well) or give you
some information about East's distribution. If everything goes well, you will score 6♥ and either
- 5 ♦ tricks and 1♠, or
- 4♦ and 2♠.
So the plan is to ruff two ♦ in dummy. Or maybe 3 ♦. Depends on whether the second ♠ will cash.
So you can attempt to cash a ♠ in the second trick, which will either provide a ♦ discard (in case they don't split well) or give you
some information about East's distribution. If everything goes well, you will score 6♥ and either
- 5 ♦ tricks and 1♠, or
- 4♦ and 2♠.
I write some unusual articles about bridge in my bridge blog.
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Posted 2013-March-02, 12:08
Alik1974, on 2013-March-02, 10:08, said:
IMO it's better to play on ♦ than ♠. Even if they don't split, you might still survive (for example, if East has a singleton ♦, he may be unable to overruff the 8).
So the plan is to ruff two ♦ in dummy. Or maybe 3 ♦. Depends on whether the second ♠ will cash.
So you can attempt to cash a ♠ in the second trick, which will either provide a ♦ discard (in case they don't split well) or give you
some information about East's distribution. If everything goes well, you will score 6♥ and either
- 5 ♦ tricks and 1♠, or
- 4♦ and 2♠.
So the plan is to ruff two ♦ in dummy. Or maybe 3 ♦. Depends on whether the second ♠ will cash.
So you can attempt to cash a ♠ in the second trick, which will either provide a ♦ discard (in case they don't split well) or give you
some information about East's distribution. If everything goes well, you will score 6♥ and either
- 5 ♦ tricks and 1♠, or
- 4♦ and 2♠.
this line seems the most promising that spade return at trick 2 should look ominous virtually
guaranteeing the suit wont break 43 ---rho had a much safer looking trump or diamond return.
BTW include the bidding when possible becasue many defensive ideas are based on the known
distribution in declarers hand:))))))))))))))))))))
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