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Posted 2011-April-17, 11:55
You are South, declarer in 5H in both the hands below. Opening lead is the spade 4 in both the hands.
Hand 1)
Hand 2)
Plan the plays.
As usual Adv/+ please refrain from spoiling too early.
Hand 1)
Hand 2)
Plan the plays.
As usual Adv/+ please refrain from spoiling too early.
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Posted 2011-April-17, 15:50
1.SA, ruff a small spade, trump to dummy, ruff the last spade,draw the last trump if necessary, lead a small club to T(9) and claim.
2.small S at trick one, E must win and E cannot lead D, win whatever E leads(H or C), draw trumps,SA pitch a C, CAK ruff a C, if C is 3-3 you cross back to dummy with a trump and use C winner to discard D, if not you finesse DA.
2.small S at trick one, E must win and E cannot lead D, win whatever E leads(H or C), draw trumps,SA pitch a C, CAK ruff a C, if C is 3-3 you cross back to dummy with a trump and use C winner to discard D, if not you finesse DA.
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Posted 2011-April-17, 17:24
1. Plan to make an endplay in clubs and diamonds. Ruff out spades, cash a club, then finesse a club, and either you get the king of diamonds, or three club tricks, or a ruff/discard on a spade.
2. Can't just lead out clubs to find out if they are 3-3, or else on the third club, West might win and play a diamond through before you've had a chance to discard one.
So, purposefully lose the first spade and discard a club on the ace, then ruff a club and if they are 3-3 you are still on lead to discard a diamond before they can lead one through.
It would be funnier if you didn't have the two of spades, then you would have to carefully play the five on the four so that East couldn't play the two and leave his partner on lead to switch to diamonds. (Maybe if the 5 of spades was led, and you had A64 in dummy and the 3 in hand, and you have to play the 6 so East can't play the 2)
2. Can't just lead out clubs to find out if they are 3-3, or else on the third club, West might win and play a diamond through before you've had a chance to discard one.
So, purposefully lose the first spade and discard a club on the ace, then ruff a club and if they are 3-3 you are still on lead to discard a diamond before they can lead one through.
It would be funnier if you didn't have the two of spades, then you would have to carefully play the five on the four so that East couldn't play the two and leave his partner on lead to switch to diamonds. (Maybe if the 5 of spades was led, and you had A64 in dummy and the 3 in hand, and you have to play the 6 so East can't play the 2)
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Posted 2011-April-17, 21:18
Quantumcat, on 2011-April-17, 17:24, said:
1. Plan to make an endplay in clubs and diamonds. Ruff out spades, cash a club, then finesse a club, and either you get the king of diamonds, or three club tricks, or a ruff/discard on a spade.
Actually you should NOT cash a top C. After ruffing the S, lead a C and cover whatever card W plays.
The reason you should not play a high C first, is that on the 2nd round W might have QJx, what do you do now? When W gets in a D will come through the K.
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Posted 2011-April-18, 06:10
Pretty sure I'd get hand #2 wrong irl unless i was having a really good day heh
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Posted 2011-April-18, 15:04
Yes, on the first hand the T9 of clubs gives you a 100% chance of making the contract.
On the second, thanks to the lead, you can conveniently lose a trick to East, give you a chance of trying for 3-3 clubs.
I guess these hands are a reasonable example of: "think about the whole hand at trick 1".
On the second, thanks to the lead, you can conveniently lose a trick to East, give you a chance of trying for 3-3 clubs.
I guess these hands are a reasonable example of: "think about the whole hand at trick 1".
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