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Straightforward or Esoteric? How would you play this one?

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Posted 2021-October-20, 10:13

You get lucky with a club lead. You win the ace, discarding the diamond queen, and lead a heart on which east plays the 6. Now what? Do you play straightforward or try to cater to more distribution because of your hand?

Club 5 lead


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Posted 2021-October-20, 12:45

I would have played it the same as you. no entries to dummy after first trick. trump suit poor missing intermediate cards. you had lucky lead and made best of situation.
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Posted 2021-October-20, 15:21

There's a pretty good principle that you should try and set up your side suit first on hands like these. Obviously it's not true in all cases, but it should be your first inclination. Here there is no reason not to go with that, and I would have taken your line. Sometimes clean living pays off.
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Posted 2021-October-20, 16:57

View PostWinstonm, on 2021-October-20, 10:13, said:

Do you play straightforward or try to cater to more distribution because of your hand?


I probably lack imagination, but I can't think of any other line of play that is as good as the one you suggested.
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Posted 2021-October-20, 18:08

View Postjohnu, on 2021-October-20, 16:57, said:

I probably lack imagination, but I can't think of any other line of play that is as good as the one you suggested.

We’ll, you could play for Ax of spades onside or you could play for Kx of hearts offside. In both cases you would want to play on spades at trick two.
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Posted 2021-October-21, 02:44

View PostWinstonm, on 2021-October-20, 18:08, said:

We'll, you could play for Ax of spades onside or you could play for Kx of hearts offside. In both cases you would want to play on spades at trick two.


A combination of a below average play and one very below average play doesn't sound like it would be successful.

Assuming 3-2 splits in the majors for simplicity, a back of envelope calculation is:
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Ax onside - 50% doubleton onside and 40% chance ace is in doubleton = 20%

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Kx of hearts in either hand - (100 - 20)% x 40% king is in doubleton = 32%

Total 20% + 32% = 52%

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Still assuming both majors are 3-2,

Taking immediate heart finesse

50% finesse is successful. Then A and a heart ruff. Can't usually lose more than heart overruff and 2 trumps. If one defender has 2 hearts and 4 trumps, this limits defenders to an overruff and 2 trumps.

50% finesse loses. You only go down if a defender has 2 trumps and 2 hearts (without minor suit ruffs). Very roughly, this is about ~25%. So 50% x (100 - 25)% ~= 35%

Total = 50% + 35% = 85%.
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Posted 2021-October-21, 17:23

View Postjohnu, on 2021-October-21, 02:44, said:

A combination of a below average play and one very below average play doesn't sound like it would be successful.

Assuming 3-2 splits in the majors for simplicity, a back of envelope calculation is:
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Ax onside - 50% doubleton onside and 40% chance ace is in doubleton = 20%

or

Kx of hearts in either hand - (100 - 20)% x 40% king is in doubleton = 32%

Total 20% + 32% = 52%

Thanks for the math-mories!
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Still assuming both majors are 3-2,

Taking immediate heart finesse

50% finesse is successful. Then A and a heart ruff. Can't usually lose more than heart overruff and 2 trumps. If one defender has 2 hearts and 4 trumps, this limits defenders to an overruff and 2 trumps.

50% finesse loses. You only go down if a defender has 2 trumps and 2 hearts (without minor suit ruffs). Very roughly, this is about ~25%. So 50% x (100 - 25)% ~= 35%

Total = 50% + 35% = 85%.

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