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Opponents start with ♦AK RHO plays ♦7 and next ♦2, they play standard carding, lavinthal where dummy hits with singleton.
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Spannish Trials 2 ATB and plan the play
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Posted 2014-January-11, 01:28
Opponents start with ♦AK RHO plays ♦7 and next ♦2, they play standard carding, lavinthal where dummy hits with singleton.
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Posted 2014-January-11, 09:27
I expect diamonds to be 7-2, though I suppose they might not be.
Ruff with ♠8 and play ♠9 to the J.
A. If this wins and north follows, take ♠K, draw the trump if they're 3-2 and just in case ♥K is wrong(unlikely), play ♥AQ pitching the diamond. If trumps are 4-1 cash ♣KJ, play a trump to the A (draw trumps if stiff 10) and play winning clubs. If clubs don't break you will need to finesse ♥K, and take your last trump en passent.
B. If ♠J loses and the ♦Q appears, ruff high and draw trumps by finessing ♠7. You now have to decide whether the club break is more likely than the heart finesse but if diamonds were indeed 7-2, I'd go for the latter.
Ruff with ♠8 and play ♠9 to the J.
A. If this wins and north follows, take ♠K, draw the trump if they're 3-2 and just in case ♥K is wrong(unlikely), play ♥AQ pitching the diamond. If trumps are 4-1 cash ♣KJ, play a trump to the A (draw trumps if stiff 10) and play winning clubs. If clubs don't break you will need to finesse ♥K, and take your last trump en passent.
B. If ♠J loses and the ♦Q appears, ruff high and draw trumps by finessing ♠7. You now have to decide whether the club break is more likely than the heart finesse but if diamonds were indeed 7-2, I'd go for the latter.
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Posted 2014-January-11, 10:09
Not much blame.
6S isn't much.
Like wanoff's line A BUT now you have to rely on a 5th Club + HK onside.
6S isn't much.
Like wanoff's line A BUT now you have to rely on a 5th Club + HK onside.
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Posted 2014-January-11, 17:52
More fear of missing slam. Isn't 4♥ easier than 4♠? East overbid his hand. Hearts probably makes 11 tricks more often than spades makes 11 tricks.
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Posted 2014-January-13, 13:09
The other table stopped in 4♠ and made it after a trump coup, started with ♠AK finding ♠Q10xx on south hands. Next was a third diamond ruffed (no overruff), and ♥A+♥Q losing to the king, even when ♦A and ♥K scored there was no way for ♠10 to score a trick since declarer kept playing hearts from dummy.
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Posted 2014-January-13, 18:47
Post the entire board. If hearts don't split 5-1, doesn't hearts
make 11 tricks?
make 11 tricks?
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Posted 2014-January-13, 23:55
Post the entire board. If hearts don't split 5-1, doesn't hearts
make 11 tricks? --- jogs
*** Yes please do. I want to see this coup in 4S.
make 11 tricks? --- jogs
*** Yes please do. I want to see this coup in 4S.
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Posted 2014-January-14, 03:33
♦AK ruff, ♠KA, ♦ ruff and ♥A+♥Q, north returned a diamond but didn't matter, declarer ruffs and enters dummy with a club to play hearts
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Posted 2014-January-14, 17:11
This board makes 11 tricks in hearts.
Pretty sure a 6-1 fit with 100 honors usually plays better than the 4-4 fit.
Pretty sure a 6-1 fit with 100 honors usually plays better than the 4-4 fit.
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