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Small club lead. You win in hand and cash the A and Q of hearts, all follow.
Don't worry too much about the bidding, but the play is the thing. How do you proceed from here?
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Posted 2024-October-22, 23:30
Small club lead. You win in hand and cash the A and Q of hearts, all follow.
Don't worry too much about the bidding, but the play is the thing. How do you proceed from here?
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Posted 2024-October-23, 00:55
I'm thinking of a minor suit squeeze. You have 12 tricks off the top. If one of the opps has 4+ clubs and the ♦Q they will be squeezed when cashing the major suit winners. Draw trumps, cash ♦AK throwing a small club, if the queen drops you can claim, otherwise cash the hearts and spades throwing a low club and two low diamonds. If the ♦Q doesn't appear cash the ♣AK and hope dummy's low club is a winner. I'm not sure what to make of the opening lead and whether the squeeze line has better odds than taking the diamond finesse for the 13th trick.
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Posted 2024-October-23, 01:12
How about just setting up the diamonds? Though I'd take the first trick in dummy. After 2 rounds of trump, diamond ace, ruff a diamond, cross back in spades, another diamond up, ruffing with the 8. Claim if they break 4-3. If West has a doubleton, we can cross back in clubs and ruff high. If East has a doubleton, that still works if East can't overruff with the ten.
(Edit - actually, I'm an entry short that way, oops. Change that to cashing both AK of diamonds first before ruffing a diamond.)
(Edit - actually, I'm an entry short that way, oops. Change that to cashing both AK of diamonds first before ruffing a diamond.)
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Posted 2024-October-23, 02:59
Not sure if best, but simple:
A♣
A♥ does the 10 drop ? assume not
Q♥ does the 10 drop ? does anybody show out ? assume not
♦AK pitching a club, does Q drop ? assume not
3 rounds of spades, pitching a club
K♣ club ruff
diamond ruff and draw trump
This fails if east is 5332 with ♥10 as he pitches a diamond when you ruff the club and promotes his trump
A♣
A♥ does the 10 drop ? assume not
Q♥ does the 10 drop ? does anybody show out ? assume not
♦AK pitching a club, does Q drop ? assume not
3 rounds of spades, pitching a club
K♣ club ruff
diamond ruff and draw trump
This fails if east is 5332 with ♥10 as he pitches a diamond when you ruff the club and promotes his trump
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Posted 2024-October-23, 16:25
Win ♣K
Two rounds of hearts, discovering 3-2 hearts
3rd round of hearts, winning in hand.
♦A and ruff a small diamond
Cross to ♠Q
♦K and ruff a small diamond
If diamonds are 4-3 (or ♦Q was played in first 2 rounds of diamonds) there is an extra diamond trick
If there isn't a 3rd diamond trick, play off ♠AK and East is squeezed with 5+ diamonds and 4+ clubs.
Two rounds of hearts, discovering 3-2 hearts
3rd round of hearts, winning in hand.
♦A and ruff a small diamond
Cross to ♠Q
♦K and ruff a small diamond
If diamonds are 4-3 (or ♦Q was played in first 2 rounds of diamonds) there is an extra diamond trick
If there isn't a 3rd diamond trick, play off ♠AK and East is squeezed with 5+ diamonds and 4+ clubs.
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Posted 2024-October-23, 19:49
It would be nice to know what spot cards opponents played on the clubs. and weather they lead 3rd/5th or 4th best
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