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Plenty of entries, you need 4 tricks.
Please someone explain why Suitplay gives the following solution (in hidden text) ?
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Safety play: AJx/Q987x Pls explain Suitplay's solution
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Posted 2005-April-17, 09:12
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Plenty of entries, you need 4 tricks.
Please someone explain why Suitplay gives the following solution (in hidden text) ?
Q987x
Plenty of entries, you need 4 tricks.
Please someone explain why Suitplay gives the following solution (in hidden text) ?
"Bridge is like dance: technique's important but what really matters is not to step on partner's feet !"
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Posted 2005-April-17, 10:22
The interesting original holdings if the J makes the 1. trick were:
Kx_______10xx
K10______xxx
Kxx______10x
K10x_____xx
Kxxx_____10
K10xx____x
You always catch the 10.
If the J loses, the original holdings were:
x________K10xx
10_______Kxxx
xx_______K10x
10x______Kxx
10xx_____Kx
xxx______K10
10xxx____K (only in this case running the 9 is as good as playing the A in trick 1).
By cashing the A next time (2. round in this suit) you deal with every 3-2 distribution and all 4-1 distributions without the stiff K.
Running the 9 in trick 1 is not a safety play to my opinion, loses much more often than playing to the J.
Kx_______10xx
K10______xxx
Kxx______10x
K10x_____xx
Kxxx_____10
K10xx____x
You always catch the 10.
If the J loses, the original holdings were:
x________K10xx
10_______Kxxx
xx_______K10x
10x______Kxx
10xx_____Kx
xxx______K10
10xxx____K (only in this case running the 9 is as good as playing the A in trick 1).
By cashing the A next time (2. round in this suit) you deal with every 3-2 distribution and all 4-1 distributions without the stiff K.
Running the 9 in trick 1 is not a safety play to my opinion, loses much more often than playing to the J.
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Posted 2005-April-17, 10:51
i don't quite understand.. someone says running the 9 is best for 4 tricks? seems to me that low toward the jack is... if i *have* to take them all, maybe running the 9 works out, i don't know
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Posted 2005-April-17, 11:07
Running the 9 you can loose a trick to the 10 and to the K.
If you play to the J the 10 will not get the first tricks.
If the J holds there is a good chance that LHO holds the K. If LHO has the T too, you will now capture one of them 4 sure.
If you loose the 8 to the RHO's T, he had 2 cards, so LHO holds 3 cards und you will catch the K for sure.
If the J is taken, you hold AQ to draw from the top, and win 4 tricks if the distribution is 3-2.
If you play to the J the 10 will not get the first tricks.
If the J holds there is a good chance that LHO holds the K. If LHO has the T too, you will now capture one of them 4 sure.
If you loose the 8 to the RHO's T, he had 2 cards, so LHO holds 3 cards und you will catch the K for sure.
If the J is taken, you hold AQ to draw from the top, and win 4 tricks if the distribution is 3-2.
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Posted 2005-April-17, 11:08
lead low to the jack. If this holds, run the 9 next. If it loses to the king cash the ace next.
The only time you will ever not get 4 tricks with this line is if its stiff king offside.
You pickup KTxx on your left, and KTxx on your right (even if they duck with KTxx offside when you lead to the jack, when you are about to run the 9 lho will showout so now you'll play the ace and lead up towards your hand).
The only time you will ever not get 4 tricks with this line is if its stiff king offside.
You pickup KTxx on your left, and KTxx on your right (even if they duck with KTxx offside when you lead to the jack, when you are about to run the 9 lho will showout so now you'll play the ace and lead up towards your hand).
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Posted 2005-April-17, 12:18
9 towards the J. Let's hope somebody plays the 10 or even trick them in to covering with an honor. If the 9 wins, well, you have to cash the ace now, if it's Kx or K10 doubleton, you are winner, if not, you will still get 4 tricks eventually.
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Posted 2005-April-17, 12:31
luke warm, on Apr 17 2005, 04:51 PM, said:
i don't quite understand.. someone says running the 9 is best for 4 tricks? seems to me that low toward the jack is... if i *have* to take them all, maybe running the 9 works out, i don't know
Perhaps I was not clear.
Suitplay tells to play the 9 "just in case" LHO covers, but if LHO does not cover, play the J anyways.
It does NOT tell to run the 9.
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