Ed Manfield
Play 6 NT
#22
Posted 2010-December-19, 17:13
#24
Posted 2010-December-19, 23:20
nige1, on 2010-December-19, 17:13, said:
Cherdano's automatic double-squeeze works above (and here with ♦ 4-4). Lead ♠K and chuck a ♥J.
I am afraid u can never come to this position, especially when both opponents discarded a ♦
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"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."
On the opening lead, i tried to win with 9 ...oh well, didn't work .
I played 3rd ♠ and saw everyone followed. Then i played the 4th one, on which LHO discarded a ♦. At this point i knew 4-4 ♦ is not a possibility anymore. Either LHO started with 5♦ and first ♦ discard was from xxx, or LHO started with 3 ♦ and first ♦ discard was from 5 cards or more. Against good players, i would suspect that they would discard from xxx in order to not help me count hands if i cash 3 ♦ for example...anyway, if LHO has 5♦+4♣+3♠ then he has a stiff ♥. If LHO has 3♦+4♣+3♠ then he has 3♥. Combination average he has 4/2 = 2♥ while other one has 10/2 = 5 ♥. I don't know how scientific this is but honestly thats what crossed my mind at the table. So i decided to play EAST with ♥Q, discarding ♥J on 4th ♠. RHO discarded a♥. I cashed my ♣K, west discarded another ♥.
Spot cards may be different than original but doesn't matter. That's close enough to the original deal