[joker_gib]

Scoring: IMP

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Bidding :

1♥ (2♠)* 3♥ (3♠)**
4♥

* : Preempt with 6♠
** : Competitive

Lead :

♣A (for east ♣6) , ♣2 for east ♣10 who now plays ♣K !

How do you play ?

[beatrix45]

I hate these opponents. Why can't they just lead their suit? I am a total fish, so I buy the idea of a club ruff. A 3-3 diamond break and the 2-2 heart break are the same hand. Looks like there are more possibilities for 3-1 hearts and 4-2 diamonds. Absolutely no squeeze.

I think my best chance is to ruff with the heart ace, play the heart queen, and finesse the heart 10, playing LHO for 6-3-2-2 distribution.

[kgr]

From East's lead we know he has a doubleton ♣.
East is:
6=3=2=2
or
6=2=3=2
or
6=1=4=2
If the distribution is 6=1=4=2 then we can't win.
In first 2 cases we win if we ruff with ♥A, play ♥ Q and finesse ♥. Either the finesse wins or our ♠ looser goes on the 4th ♦

[cherdano]

Ruff with ♥A, ♥Q, ♥K, and lead ♣J for a ruffing finesse.

Arend

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cherdano, on Jun 3 2005, 06:39 AM, said:

Ruff with ♥A, ♥Q, ♥K, and lead ♣J for a ruffing finesse.

Arend

When you play the ♣J, this is the last ♣ from dummy so there is no ruffing finesse !?

[cherdano]

joker_gib, on Jun 3 2005, 12:46 PM, said:

cherdano, on Jun 3 2005, 06:39 AM, said:

Ruff with ♥A, ♥Q, ♥K, and lead ♣J for a ruffing finesse.

Arend

When you play the ♣J, this is the last ♣ from dummy so there is no ruffing finesse !?

Oops haven't had coffee yet...

Arendb

[PMetsch]

Ruff high, play K, Q and a small diamond.

If diamonds break, then hearts break also.

If west shows out on the 3rd round of diamonds, then hearts are 3-1. Either he discards and you can finesse the hearts or he trumps and then you can draw trumps and pitch a spade on the diamond ace.

[joker_gib]

cherdano, on Jun 3 2005, 06:50 AM, said:

Oops haven't had coffee yet...

Arendb

Yes, Arend, coffee will be a better start !!

Alain

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PMetsch, on Jun 3 2005, 06:51 AM, said:

Ruff high, play K, Q and a small diamond.

If diamonds break, then hearts break also.

If west shows out on the 3rd round of diamonds, then hearts are 3-1. Either he discards and you can finesse the hearts or he trumps and then you can draw trumps and pitch a spade on the diamond ace.

OK, if you have 2 diamond aces because after small ♦ to the ace (I suppose), I think that the ace is in the deck !

Alain

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joker_gib, on Jun 3 2005, 06:58 AM, said:

PMetsch, on Jun 3 2005, 06:51 AM, said:

Ruff high, play K, Q and a small diamond.

If diamonds break, then hearts break also.

If west shows out on the 3rd round of diamonds, then hearts are 3-1. Either he discards and you can finesse the hearts or he trumps and then you can draw trumps and pitch a spade on the diamond ace.

OK, if you have 2 diamond aces because after small ♦ to the ace (I suppose), I think that the ace is in the deck !

Alain

Sorry, cancel this post, I misread !

[kgr]

PMetsch, on Jun 3 2005, 11:51 AM, said:

Ruff high, play K, Q and a small diamond.

If diamonds break, then hearts break also.

If west shows out on the 3rd round of diamonds, then hearts are 3-1. Either he discards and you can finesse the hearts or he trumps and then you can draw trumps and pitch a spade on the diamond ace.

You still loose if West has 6=1=4=2 distribution, same chances as ruff high, play high ♥ and finesse ♥?

... and if West has 6=1=4=2 distribution and you take the finesse ♥ line: If the finesse looses, you never know that East returns a ♦ (I agree that the probability is very very low ). This would lead to:

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First squeezing West out of ♠, later squeeze East in ♠ and ♣

... you never know . It would cancel out all the bad results of the evening.

[Fluffy]

Ruff with the ♥A and confirm doubleton ♣.

If West has 3♦ we are home, so we muist assume he has only 2.

That leaves him with 3♥, ,so play ♥Q+ ♥ fienese against West.

[PMetsch]

kgr, on Jun 3 2005, 07:20 AM, said:

same chances as ruff high, play high ♥ and finesse ♥?

The discovery play in diamonds will yield 11 tricks if diamonds are 3-3 and hearts are 2-2. If you take the heart finesse first and it loose you only make 10 tricks.

No play will work, if west has 6=1=4=2, then I loose 2 clubs and 2 hearts. The squeeze will be for 1 down instead of 2 down.

[joker_gib]

This is in fact a safety play based on the simple count of the hand !

Ruff with ♥Q then play ♥A and ♥ to the 10 when west play low ! If east makes his ♥jack (♥ 2-2) then diamonds are 3-3 because east is known to have 3♠ and 5♣ !

[Fluffy]

weeeee! I guessed one :-P