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Teams. Lead 5♠
You miss the best spot of 3NT here, and the defence finds the annoying spade lead, as everything else is almost a claim. Over to you.
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Posted 2021-October-27, 09:21
Teams. Lead 5♠
You miss the best spot of 3NT here, and the defence finds the annoying spade lead, as everything else is almost a claim. Over to you.
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Posted 2021-October-27, 13:28
have only looked at this quickly. I am inclined to take first trick with ♠A and finesse ♥9. idea is to keep ♦K5 holding safe, and then cash ♥A later and take ruff finesse against outstanding ♥ honor. could go wrong on bad breaks but playing for split opponents ♥ honors looks sensible. even with ♥KQ in west hand, there is still possibility of squeeze at end if same hand has ♦A and ♣QJx
the problem is entries and trying to draw trumps and hoping that the opps do not or can not ruff with 3rd trump assuming 3-2 split. it is a good problem, lamford.
the problem is entries and trying to draw trumps and hoping that the opps do not or can not ruff with 3rd trump assuming 3-2 split. it is a good problem, lamford.
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Posted 2021-October-27, 17:42
Quite the annoying lead! There is now not time to do much else than lead the club 10 and run it if not covered.
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Posted 2021-October-28, 01:54
LBengtsson, on 2021-October-27, 13:28, said:
have only looked at this quickly. I am inclined to take first trick with ♠A and finesse ♥9. idea is to keep ♦K5 holding safe, and then cash ♥A later and take ruff finesse against outstanding ♥ honor. could go wrong on bad breaks but playing for split opponents ♥ honors looks sensible. even with ♥KQ in west hand, there is still possibility of squeeze at end if same hand has ♦A and ♣QJx
the problem is entries and trying to draw trumps and hoping that the opps do not or can not ruff with 3rd trump assuming 3-2 split. it is a good problem, lamford.
the problem is entries and trying to draw trumps and hoping that the opps do not or can not ruff with 3rd trump assuming 3-2 split. it is a good problem, lamford.
Unfortunately the 9 loses and they play a second trump before you unblock the ♥A so you're an entry short.
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Posted 2021-October-28, 07:53
Cyberyeti, on 2021-October-28, 01:54, said:
Unfortunately the 9 loses and they play a second trump before you unblock the ♥A so you're an entry short.
yes you are right but I did say I looked at this quickly
maybe best line is to draw trumps, then ♣K in case of stiff honor, and finesse ♣9. that only loses if east has ♣QJx(xx) and ♦A with west. double ♣ finesse looks best percentage.the clever play is draw second round of trumps ending in own hand assuming 3-2 so they can not signal and advance ♦K (lol!) hoping for a duck...
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