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MPs Arena Challenge.
Lead: ♣K, East produces ♣9. West continues with ♣A, East ♣Q and then switches to ♥4-5-2-A.
How do you tackle this hand?
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Posted 2018-April-09, 05:06
MPs Arena Challenge.
Lead: ♣K, East produces ♣9. West continues with ♣A, East ♣Q and then switches to ♥4-5-2-A.
How do you tackle this hand?
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Posted 2018-April-09, 05:20
Lead a low spade towards dummy hoping to force an entry. The problem is to guess whether to play the 8 or 6 if West plays low (8 gains if west holds the Q, 6 gains if west holds the 7 and not the Q). But if 3♣ is weak promising 9 or fewer points I think that east is favourite to hold the Q♠ and will play the 6.
Once in dummy I discard twi diamonds on the king and queen of hearts.
Once in dummy I discard twi diamonds on the king and queen of hearts.
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Posted 2018-April-09, 05:52
Range for 3♣ ?
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Posted 2018-April-09, 05:52
I'll play East for KQ of diamonds. Lead the jack of spades from hand. If they win, you have your entry to pitch 2 diamonds, and if not they have lost a spade trick unless they were 4-0. If they go for that option, draw the remaining trumps and exit the jack of diamonds.
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Posted 2018-April-09, 06:19
manudude03, on 2018-April-09, 05:52, said:
I'll play East for KQ of diamonds. Lead the jack of spades from hand. If they win, you have your entry to pitch 2 diamonds, and if not they have lost a spade trick unless they were 4-0. If they go for that option, draw the remaining trumps and exit the jack of diamonds.
If they duck, you have avoided a spade loser, but might still have two diamond losers if forced to play diamonds from your hand (if East has one more club as a safe exit).
[Edit: but East probably has a seven-card suit for the VUL three-level call].
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Posted 2018-April-09, 17:31
I'd play as Manu did.
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Posted 2018-April-10, 00:04
Play J♠and hope they win Q!S and !S divides 7222. Use 8!S entry to pitch your losers.
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Posted 2018-April-10, 08:47
Mkgnao, on 2018-April-09, 05:06, said:
MPs Arena Challenge.
Lead: ♣K, East produces ♣9. West continues with ♣A, East ♣Q and then switches to ♥4-5-2-A.
How do you tackle this hand?
The only chance is if the Q♠is a singleton so I'd cash a top spade at trick 4. and hope the queen drops. If it does then
dummy's 8 is an entry to cash the KQ♥and pitch Souths two losing diamonds. If trumps split 2-2 or Qxx in either hand
the contract cannot be made. That blockage in hearts is both annoying and unfortunate
"It is not enough to be a good player, you must also play well"
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Bridge is a game where you have two opponents...and often three(!)
"Any palooka can take tricks with Aces and Kings; the true expert shows his prowess
by how he handles the two's and three's" - Mollo's Hideous Hog
- Dr Tarrasch(1862-1934)German Chess Grandmaster
Bridge is a game where you have two opponents...and often three(!)
"Any palooka can take tricks with Aces and Kings; the true expert shows his prowess
by how he handles the two's and three's" - Mollo's Hideous Hog
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Posted 2018-April-10, 09:03
PhilG007, on 2018-April-10, 08:47, said:
The only chance is if the Q♠is a singleton so I'd cash a top spade at trick 4. and hope the queen drops. If it does then
dummy's 8 is an entry to cash the KQ♥and pitch Souths two losing diamonds. If trumps split 2-2 or Qxx in either hand
the contract cannot be made. That blockage in hearts is both annoying and unfortunate
dummy's 8 is an entry to cash the KQ♥and pitch Souths two losing diamonds. If trumps split 2-2 or Qxx in either hand
the contract cannot be made. That blockage in hearts is both annoying and unfortunate
Absolute garbage as has been pointed out many times above.
If singleton Q is present, you will win (12% of the time) by making an overtrick, most of the rest of it you will lose. Although if you spot that after trumps are 2-2 you can play the endplay below, then you get away with it in that circumstance.
If spades are 2-2 or 3-1 with a non singleton Q, leading the ♠J will require a duck to avoid making the 8 an entry. Now draw trumps for no loser and exit ♦J. Assuming 3♣ was weak, it is unlikely W has a diamond honour to go with his ♣AKJxxxx so E will be endplayed into playing a second diamond and allowing you to finesse to avoid the second diamond loser.
So basically spades from the top wins in the 3-1s where Q is stiff, playing the J wins most of the time when it isn't
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Posted 2018-April-10, 15:48
I would play low trump from both hands hoping Q takes giving me an entry to dummy.
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Posted 2018-April-11, 06:52
Cyberyeti, on 2018-April-10, 09:03, said:
Absolute garbage as has been pointed out many times above.
If singleton Q is present, you will win (12% of the time) by making an overtrick, most of the rest of it you will lose. Although if you spot that after trumps are 2-2 you can play the endplay below, then you get away with it in that circumstance.
If spades are 2-2 or 3-1 with a non singleton Q, leading the ♠J will require a duck to avoid making the 8 an entry. Now draw trumps for no loser and exit ♦J. Assuming 3♣ was weak, it is unlikely W has a diamond honour to go with his ♣AKJxxxx so E will be endplayed into playing a second diamond and allowing you to finesse to avoid the second diamond loser.
So basically spades from the top wins in the 3-1s where Q is stiff, playing the J wins most of the time when it isn't
If singleton Q is present, you will win (12% of the time) by making an overtrick, most of the rest of it you will lose. Although if you spot that after trumps are 2-2 you can play the endplay below, then you get away with it in that circumstance.
If spades are 2-2 or 3-1 with a non singleton Q, leading the ♠J will require a duck to avoid making the 8 an entry. Now draw trumps for no loser and exit ♦J. Assuming 3♣ was weak, it is unlikely W has a diamond honour to go with his ♣AKJxxxx so E will be endplayed into playing a second diamond and allowing you to finesse to avoid the second diamond loser.
So basically spades from the top wins in the 3-1s where Q is stiff, playing the J wins most of the time when it isn't
Obvious once you see it. I agree 100%.
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Posted 2018-April-11, 13:03
I play the Jack of spades next. If either opponent wins the Queen - I win any return and lead to the 8 of spades which now is an entry to the hearts for diamond discards.
If the Jack wins and both have followed suit, I will be impressed by the opponents for their excellent defensive card reading. All I can do now is to draw trump without losing a spade and lead the Jack of diamonds. I will hope to get lucky with the diamond situation.
If spades are 4-0, there is nothing that can be done to make this.
If the Jack wins and both have followed suit, I will be impressed by the opponents for their excellent defensive card reading. All I can do now is to draw trump without losing a spade and lead the Jack of diamonds. I will hope to get lucky with the diamond situation.
If spades are 4-0, there is nothing that can be done to make this.
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