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♠KT8
♥QJ8
♦853
♣J932
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♠-
♥A97
♦AKJ76
♣KT865
Dealer: East
East opens 1♠, followed by your Double and a 4♠ bid by West. It is an individual tournament with a partner you have never seen before so you decide to take no chances and bid 5♦.Your opponents are strong players and lead a 4th best ♠4. Certainly not the best auction but right now the biggest problem seems to be making this rather shaky contract. How do you proceed?
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Planning ahead
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Posted 2012-December-08, 09:44
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Posted 2012-December-08, 11:54
Don't we need Qx or stiff Q ♦ in order to make this ?
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"It's only when a mosquito lands on your testicles that you realize there is always a way to solve problems without using violence!"
"Well to be perfectly honest, in my humble opinion, of course without offending anyone who thinks differently from my point of view, but also by looking into this matter in a different perspective and without being condemning of one's view's and by trying to make it objectified, and by considering each and every one's valid opinion, I honestly believe that I completely forgot what I was going to say."
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Posted 2012-December-08, 17:20
MrAce, on 2012-December-08, 11:54, said:
Don't we need Qx or stiff Q ♦ in order to make this ?
How do you want to make this against a stiff ♦Q ?
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Posted 2012-December-09, 03:30
rhm, on 2012-December-08, 17:20, said:
How do you want to make this against a stiff ♦Q ?
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I can't, i must have missed that we don't have ♦ T .
I was trying to say we can not afford to use the only entry for ♦ finesse. Seems like we have a ♥ and at least 1 ♣ sure club losers.
"Genius has its own limitations, however stupidity has no such boundaries!"
"It's only when a mosquito lands on your testicles that you realize there is always a way to solve problems without using violence!"
"Well to be perfectly honest, in my humble opinion, of course without offending anyone who thinks differently from my point of view, but also by looking into this matter in a different perspective and without being condemning of one's view's and by trying to make it objectified, and by considering each and every one's valid opinion, I honestly believe that I completely forgot what I was going to say."
"It's only when a mosquito lands on your testicles that you realize there is always a way to solve problems without using violence!"
"Well to be perfectly honest, in my humble opinion, of course without offending anyone who thinks differently from my point of view, but also by looking into this matter in a different perspective and without being condemning of one's view's and by trying to make it objectified, and by considering each and every one's valid opinion, I honestly believe that I completely forgot what I was going to say."
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Posted 2012-December-09, 05:00
Missing S:AQJ +H:K +D:Q +C:AQ =18, then, assuming we'll make this thing,
S:AJ +H:K +C:A are East. And D:Q10 falls as we need D:8 entry OR guess C:A single.
Too tired to continue this analysis.
I think I start thinking correctly.
S:AJ +H:K +C:A are East. And D:Q10 falls as we need D:8 entry OR guess C:A single.
Too tired to continue this analysis.
I think I start thinking correctly.
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Posted 2012-December-09, 07:47
dake50, on 2012-December-09, 05:00, said:
Missing S:AQJ +H:K +D:Q +C:AQ =18, then, assuming we'll make this thing,
S:AJ +H:K +C:A are East. And D:Q10 falls as we need D:8 entry OR guess C:A single.
Too tired to continue this analysis.
I think I start thinking correctly.
S:AJ +H:K +C:A are East. And D:Q10 falls as we need D:8 entry OR guess C:A single.
Too tired to continue this analysis.
I think I start thinking correctly.
Good start.
Any ♦Qx plus ♣AQ/Ax/Axx onside lets us use ♥QJ to develop what we need in ♣.
♦entry not critical.
Be the partner you want to play with.
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Posted 2012-December-09, 09:26
I play the spade eight, draw trumps in three rounds, play a heart and eventually guess clubs. WTP.
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