[eagles123]

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K clubs lead followed by the Ace clubs, East playing the 8 then the 2.

How best to play at MP?

Spoiler

trumps are 3 with East 2 with West

Thanks,

Eagles

[Cyberyeti]

2 rounds of spades, 2 rounds of diamonds, heart to K, diamond ruff, club ruff, draw the trump, Q♦ and endplay E with a diamond if he had 5 ? If the jump overcall was a 5 card suit and E didn't raise with 4 I'm prepared to look silly.

[ahydra]

Cyberyeti, on 2014-March-11, 08:09, said:

2 rounds of spades, 2 rounds of diamonds, heart to K, diamond ruff, club ruff, draw the trump, Q♦ and endplay E with a diamond if he had 5 ? If the jump overcall was a 5 card suit and E didn't raise with 4 I'm prepared to look silly.

Very nice, but it's not much of an endplay at trick 12. If East does show up with five diamonds, you've gotta guess hearts at trick twelve. How I'd do that depends on the discards.

ahydra

[mcphee]

I would play 2 trumps ending in dummy, if all followed play JH intending to run it if not covered.

[Cyberyeti]

ahydra, on 2014-March-11, 08:18, said:

Very nice, but it's not much of an endplay at trick 12. If East does show up with five diamonds, you've gotta guess hearts at trick twelve. How I'd do that depends on the discards.

ahydra

OK, yes I can't count, if E has 5♦, I'll know when I cash ♦ AK. If clubs are 7-2, diamonds are 1-5 and trumps 2-3, then hearts are 3-3, so I'll take a straight guess who has the Q, either play as I did and drop the Q, or simply ruff the club back to hand and hook the heart leaving a trump entry to dummy.

You don't want to hook at trick 12 then have RHO cash a diamond.

[Cyberyeti]

mcphee, on 2014-March-11, 08:19, said:

I would play 2 trumps ending in dummy, if all followed play JH intending to run it if not covered.

Isn't diamonds 4-2 with heart options better odds than the heart finesse ?

[johnu]

Cyberyeti, on 2014-March-11, 08:09, said:

2 rounds of spades, 2 rounds of diamonds, heart to K, diamond ruff, club ruff, draw the trump, Q♦ and endplay E with a diamond if he had 5 ? If the jump overcall was a 5 card suit and E didn't raise with 4 I'm prepared to look silly.

Ok, the spoiler says that trumps are 3-2, but if they are 4-1 or 5-0, you've already been tapped once at trick 2, and once you draw a 2nd round of trumps, you have to tap yourself again if you want to ruff a diamond in dummy, setting up a long trump (or a 2nd long trump).

[Zelandakh]

I have a much simpler plan in mind - ruffing 2 diamonds. So ruff the ♣, ♦AK, ruff ♦ with ♠J, ♠K, ruff ♦ with ♠Q, ♣ ruff, draw trumps.