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West leads the CK. Plan your play. Then compare the following two plays and tell me which is superior.
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Reailty check - decarer play Am I too enamored with doubleton heart queens?
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Posted 2017-June-10, 16:23
West leads the CK. Plan your play. Then compare the following two plays and tell me which is superior.
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Posted 2017-June-10, 17:33
Win the ♣A and cash 2 rounds of ♠, if 3-2 cash the 3rd one and then ♥AK and play small towards J. If all fails come to hand with 4th ♥ ruff and go for ♦ finesse.
If ♠ turn out to be 4-1 I will need some luck (with ♥Q and ♦ K being onside OR ♦K on and 3-3 ♥)
A- (W has 4 of them) : ♥K and small ♥ towards dummy. Assume W dropped the Q, win the Ace and play 2nd club. Take the trump return and take diamond finesse (mandatory, you can get away by playing a small ♥ to dummy at this point if W has only 3 clubs but in case he has 4 of them you need to take ♦ finesse now). Assume W followed low on 2nd ♥ and you took the finesse, you are in good shape if finesse works so let's assume E won the ♥J with Q. You now need 3-3 hearts. E will play clubs to W who will play 3rd round of spades. Win and take ♦ finesse and cash ♥A...you know how to play the rest...
B-(E has 4 spades) : Play almost the same line. Win ♣A, Cash AK ♠ and see E has 4 of them. Then ♥K and ♥ to J. If things go bad and E wins the J with Q, hope that hearts are 3-3. There are other ways of dealing with 4-2 ♥ and Q offside but it is hard to play for them single dummy.
If ♠ turn out to be 4-1 I will need some luck (with ♥Q and ♦ K being onside OR ♦K on and 3-3 ♥)
A- (W has 4 of them) : ♥K and small ♥ towards dummy. Assume W dropped the Q, win the Ace and play 2nd club. Take the trump return and take diamond finesse (mandatory, you can get away by playing a small ♥ to dummy at this point if W has only 3 clubs but in case he has 4 of them you need to take ♦ finesse now). Assume W followed low on 2nd ♥ and you took the finesse, you are in good shape if finesse works so let's assume E won the ♥J with Q. You now need 3-3 hearts. E will play clubs to W who will play 3rd round of spades. Win and take ♦ finesse and cash ♥A...you know how to play the rest...
B-(E has 4 spades) : Play almost the same line. Win ♣A, Cash AK ♠ and see E has 4 of them. Then ♥K and ♥ to J. If things go bad and E wins the J with Q, hope that hearts are 3-3. There are other ways of dealing with 4-2 ♥ and Q offside but it is hard to play for them single dummy.
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Posted 2017-June-10, 18:09
Suggested line: Duck CK (to make it harder to find a diamond shift.) Win the second club, draw trump, and take a heart finesse. Try for 3-3 hearts before taking a diamond finesse.
Mmmm.... (to make it harder to find a diamond shift.)
As both Kaitlyn and Timo (MrAce) recognise, timing is everything on this hand. Usually it is best to duck the ♣K on the first round but ducking it, I believe, makes it far easier for West to find the ♦ shift.
Here South needs to be one tempo ahead of the defence.
Mmmm.... (to make it harder to find a diamond shift.)
As both Kaitlyn and Timo (MrAce) recognise, timing is everything on this hand. Usually it is best to duck the ♣K on the first round but ducking it, I believe, makes it far easier for West to find the ♦ shift.
Here South needs to be one tempo ahead of the defence.
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Posted 2017-June-10, 22:22
Kaitlyn S, on 2017-June-10, 16:23, said:
Much prefer Kaitlyn's 2nd line.
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West leads the CK. Plan your play. Then compare the following two plays and tell me which is superior.