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♠K led, how do you plan the play?
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MPs, Plan the play (corrected hands)
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Posted 2022-October-28, 15:38
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♠K led, how do you plan the play?
♠K led, how do you plan the play?
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Posted 2022-October-28, 16:57
Defence is difficult. It’s even more difficult when declarer has not described his shape, beyond ‘balanced’. So avoid the temptation, in one’s average mp field, of assuming th3 defence will always or even usually defend as if the can see my hand. They can’t see it and they won’t defend as if they could.
With that in mind, win the spade and play the spade 9 back. This doesn’t guarantee the contract by any stretch of the imagination but it will present LHO with what will likely prove to be a difficult decision.
With that in mind, win the spade and play the spade 9 back. This doesn’t guarantee the contract by any stretch of the imagination but it will present LHO with what will likely prove to be a difficult decision.
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Posted 2022-October-28, 21:17
I agree with mikeh's start.
If they don't lead spades (and they're not likely to), make sure you cash AQ of hearts before you lead another spade.
Then you cash clubs off the top. If they don't split, lead a club, and the defender with long clubs will have to either put you in dummy or lead a diamond. If clubs are 5-1 and the club length isn't with the KD, you could be down 1, but that isn't likely, and you could very well end up with an overtrick.
If they don't lead spades (and they're not likely to), make sure you cash AQ of hearts before you lead another spade.
Then you cash clubs off the top. If they don't split, lead a club, and the defender with long clubs will have to either put you in dummy or lead a diamond. If clubs are 5-1 and the club length isn't with the KD, you could be down 1, but that isn't likely, and you could very well end up with an overtrick.
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Posted 2022-October-29, 01:52
I took the line suggested by Mike. Won the ace, exited with a spade, the defence cashed their two spade winners establishing my ten, then exited with a heart. I then tested the clubs, they broke 3-3 so ran them, overtook the ♥Q and cashed the spade. I played a diamond but the king didn't come down so I lost a diamond at the end. Ten tricks was worth 2 out of 16 matchpoints. Three pairs made 11 tricks and three pairs managed 12 tricks although four of those played it the other way around and got a red suit lead.
Just realised I have the auction and the hands wrong although the play problem is the same. It was me holding the weak hand who was declaring. The deal and auction is as follows:
I was attempting to rotate the deal so South was declarer (we were EW at the table) and I got muddled between this deal and an auction on a different deal where I held a similar strength hand to partner and opened 2♣ followed by 2NT.
Most people were declaring the other way because partner for reasons unknown chose to emphasise her club suit instead of the shape so I ended up bidding NT.
Just realised I have the auction and the hands wrong although the play problem is the same. It was me holding the weak hand who was declaring. The deal and auction is as follows:
I was attempting to rotate the deal so South was declarer (we were EW at the table) and I got muddled between this deal and an auction on a different deal where I held a similar strength hand to partner and opened 2♣ followed by 2NT.
Most people were declaring the other way because partner for reasons unknown chose to emphasise her club suit instead of the shape so I ended up bidding NT.
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