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I see no reason not to play the sk. Not our day ...
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Posted 2016-February-09, 08:26
Given your lack af agreements, you were lucky partner had a hand that could guess 4♠ was natural. Otherwise it might have felt even less like your day!
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Posted 2016-February-12, 15:15
opps have 4 trumps AQJ9 when u lead from board the 9 pops so you need to go through the different cases in your head before making a play. You are looking for cases where your play makes a difference. If lho began with: your choice is insert the T or the K
AQJ9 makes no difference you will lose 3 spades
AQ9/AJ9 makes no difference you will lose 2 spades
QJ9 inserting the K will lose 3 spade tricks anything else loses 2 spade tricks
A9 ducking loses 2 spade tricks rising with K loses 1 spade trick
Q9/J9 makes no difference you are losing 2 spade tricks
9 makes no difference you are losing 3 spade tricks
Note that once the 9 appears we need to assess what to do given our overall strategy of making 4s. It appear we have 1 dia loser so we should gear our trump suit play to trying to make sure we lose no more than 2 spades. The ONLY situation where it makes any difference is when lho begins with QJ9 if we insert the K we lose 3 spade tricks (I think it is a mistake for lho to not split honors here since a trump coupe appears to be VERY VERY unlikely). Since it makes no difference in any other holding inserting the T is the right play for that reason alone. It is not just the suit itself in isolation but in conjunction with your overall strategy. If you needed to hold your trump losers to 1 than going up with the K would be right.
AQJ9 makes no difference you will lose 3 spades
AQ9/AJ9 makes no difference you will lose 2 spades
QJ9 inserting the K will lose 3 spade tricks anything else loses 2 spade tricks
A9 ducking loses 2 spade tricks rising with K loses 1 spade trick
Q9/J9 makes no difference you are losing 2 spade tricks
9 makes no difference you are losing 3 spade tricks
Note that once the 9 appears we need to assess what to do given our overall strategy of making 4s. It appear we have 1 dia loser so we should gear our trump suit play to trying to make sure we lose no more than 2 spades. The ONLY situation where it makes any difference is when lho begins with QJ9 if we insert the K we lose 3 spade tricks (I think it is a mistake for lho to not split honors here since a trump coupe appears to be VERY VERY unlikely). Since it makes no difference in any other holding inserting the T is the right play for that reason alone. It is not just the suit itself in isolation but in conjunction with your overall strategy. If you needed to hold your trump losers to 1 than going up with the K would be right.
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Posted 2016-February-14, 06:11
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AQ9/AJ9 makes no difference you will lose 2 spades
lose 3 spades playing the T.
lose 2 spades playing the K.
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sakuragi says "I see no reason not to play the sk. Not our day ..."
But, I'm told, it so nearly was! Well done.