[cencio]

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opening lead Q♠
What expasse do you make?
If the aces are divided

[Cyberyeti]

Which spade does E play and what is their signalling style ?

[cencio]

Cyberyeti, on 2020-July-02, 12:01, said:

Which spade does E play and what is their signalling style ?

8 from 2 cards

[nige1]

Cencio "opening lead Q♠. What expasse do you make?
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Win ♠A, cash ♣AK and lead ♦9 to ♦K
If RHO has ♦A and returns a ♠ to your ♠K,
then you need miracles
You must hope that RHO also has at least ♦Q and ♥A.
Lead ♦J hoping to pin LHO's ♦T. RHO ducks (best).
But you continue by sacrificing ♦8.
If the cards lie as on the left
then RHO makes 3 ♦ tricks but is end-played

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[pescetom]

nige1, on 2020-July-02, 14:46, said:

Win ♠A, cash ♣AK and lead ♦9 to ♦K
If RHO has ♦A and returns a ♠ to your ♠K,
then you need miracles
You must hope that RHO also has at least ♦Q and ♥A.
Lead ♦J hoping to pin LHO's ♦T.
RHO ducks (best).
But you continue by sacrificing ♦8.
If the cards lie as on the left....
then RHO makes 3 ♦ tricks but is end-played [/hv]

You already received a miracle when W lead ♠Q instead of ♥Q
But good thinking.
If RHO decides not to duck the ♦J he has no option but to continue ♦ and you still make the contract.

[cencio]

pescetom, on 2020-July-02, 15:23, said:

You already received a miracle when W lead ♠Q instead of ♥Q
But good thinking.
If RHO decides not to duck the ♦J he has no option but to continue ♦ and you still make the contract.

The hand

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Also if i have this hand

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Also in this hand with the diamond finesse the contract lose.
One have to hope in ace of h in west

[nige1]

Cencio "Also in this hand with the diamond finesse the contract lose. One have to hope in ace of h in west."
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Cencio makes an excellent point
On layouts, like Cencio's or this one, If you lead a ♦ West can rise with ♦A and switch to a ♥
Against alert defenders, it seems best to win ♠A, cash ♣AK, and lead a ♥, hoping that West has ♥A.

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[cencio]

nige1, on 2020-July-03, 12:44, said:

Cencio "Also in this hand with the diamond finesse the contract lose. One have to hope in ace of h in west."
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Cencio makes an excellent point If you lead a ♦ West can rise with ♦A and switch to a ♥
At double-dummy, or against good defenders, it seems best to win ♠A, cash ♣AK, and lead a ♥, hoping that West has ♥A.

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I am an apprentice. with this hand I just wanted to make everyone aware of the reasoning behind this hand.