Matchpoints. With opponents silent, the bidding goes 1D-1H-2H-4H. Your partner (the top hand) apologizes as he puts down the dummy.
x K98x QJ98x Axx
Jxx AQxx Tx KQxx
All the x's are 6's or below. The opening lead is the ten of clubs (standard). Plan the play. I personally think that one's assessment of the defenders' skill matters a lot on this hand, so feel free to give several answers depending on how highly you rate the defense.
> Matchpoints. With opponents silent, the bidding goes 1D-1H-2H-4H. Your > partner (the top hand) apologizes as he puts down the dummy.
> x > K98x > QJ98x > Axx
> Jxx > AQxx > Tx > KQxx
> All the x's are 6's or below. The opening lead is the ten of clubs > (standard). Plan the play. I personally think that one's assessment of > the defenders' skill matters a lot on this hand, so feel free to give > several answers depending on how highly you rate the defense.
I'm off virtually all the time trumps break 4-1, so I'll assume they are 3-2. I'm not prepared to take a second round finesse in trumps if an honour falls on my right under the ace except against very poor players. Given I'm playing for trumps 3-2 I might as well draw two rounds to start with.
It seems natural to win in hand, play the KA of trumps, and play a diamond towards dummy. Someone will take that.
(i) If they play another club, win in hand, draw the third trump and play on diamonds. (ii) If they win and play two rounds of spades, ruff in dummy and play a second diamond. (iii) If LHO goes in with the DK, plays a diamond to RHO's ace and he plays a third diamond, then we ruff low and hope for the best.
I think I'm missing something, because I'm not sure how the defensive skill really makes a difference unless they are so bad they would never play a heart honour from J10x.
> On Nov 9, 5:44 pm, "patrickc...@gmail.com" <patrickc...@gmail.com> > wrote:
> > Matchpoints. With opponents silent, the bidding goes 1D-1H-2H-4H. Your > > partner (the top hand) apologizes as he puts down the dummy.
> > x > > K98x > > QJ98x > > Axx
> > Jxx > > AQxx > > Tx > > KQxx
> > All the x's are 6's or below. The opening lead is the ten of clubs > > (standard). Plan the play. I personally think that one's assessment of > > the defenders' skill matters a lot on this hand, so feel free to give > > several answers depending on how highly you rate the defense.
> I'm off virtually all the time trumps break 4-1, so I'll assume they > are 3-2. I'm not prepared to take a second round finesse in trumps if > an honour falls on my right under the ace except against very poor > players. Given I'm playing for trumps 3-2 I might as well draw two > rounds to start with.
> It seems natural to win in hand, play the KA of trumps, and play a > diamond towards dummy. Someone will take that.
> (i) If they play another club, win in hand, draw the third trump and > play on diamonds. > (ii) If they win and play two rounds of spades, ruff in dummy and play > a second diamond. > (iii) If LHO goes in with the DK, plays a diamond to RHO's ace and he > plays a third diamond, then we ruff low and hope for the best.
> I think I'm missing something, because I'm not sure how the defensive > skill really makes a difference unless they are so bad they would > never play a heart honour from J10x.
Pretty much what I was thinking, except I would've played the Ace then King of trumps. What's the advantage of King first here?
> On Nov 9, 2:09 pm, Frances <franceshin...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > On Nov 9, 5:44 pm, "patrickc...@gmail.com" <patrickc...@gmail.com> > > wrote:
> > > Matchpoints. With opponents silent, the bidding goes 1D-1H-2H-4H. Your > > > partner (the top hand) apologizes as he puts down the dummy.
> > > x > > > K98x > > > QJ98x > > > Axx
> > > Jxx > > > AQxx > > > Tx > > > KQxx
> > > All the x's are 6's or below. The opening lead is the ten of clubs > > > (standard). Plan the play. I personally think that one's assessment of > > > the defenders' skill matters a lot on this hand, so feel free to give > > > several answers depending on how highly you rate the defense.
> > I'm off virtually all the time trumps break 4-1, so I'll assume they > > are 3-2. I'm not prepared to take a second round finesse in trumps if > > an honour falls on my right under the ace except against very poor > > players. Given I'm playing for trumps 3-2 I might as well draw two > > rounds to start with.
> > It seems natural to win in hand, play the KA of trumps, and play a > > diamond towards dummy. Someone will take that.
> > (i) If they play another club, win in hand, draw the third trump and > > play on diamonds. > > (ii) If they win and play two rounds of spades, ruff in dummy and play > > a second diamond. > > (iii) If LHO goes in with the DK, plays a diamond to RHO's ace and he > > plays a third diamond, then we ruff low and hope for the best.
> > I think I'm missing something, because I'm not sure how the defensive > > skill really makes a difference unless they are so bad they would > > never play a heart honour from J10x.
> Pretty much what I was thinking, except I would've played the Ace then > King of trumps. What's the advantage of King first here?- Hide quoted text -
> - Show quoted text -
I wanted to start with a low diamond towards the queen so they don't know where the 10 is. The advantage of a low diamond towards the 10 is that they won't know the diamond count (we could have singleton 10). Maybe 10 of diamonds to the Queen is best.
> On Nov 9, 7:33 pm, paul <paulh...@infi.net> wrote:
> > On Nov 9, 2:09 pm, Frances <franceshin...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > > On Nov 9, 5:44 pm, "patrickc...@gmail.com" <patrickc...@gmail.com> > > > wrote:
> > > > Matchpoints. With opponents silent, the bidding goes 1D-1H-2H-4H. Your > > > > partner (the top hand) apologizes as he puts down the dummy.
> > > > x > > > > K98x > > > > QJ98x > > > > Axx
> > > > Jxx > > > > AQxx > > > > Tx > > > > KQxx
> > > > All the x's are 6's or below. The opening lead is the ten of clubs > > > > (standard). Plan the play. I personally think that one's assessment of > > > > the defenders' skill matters a lot on this hand, so feel free to give > > > > several answers depending on how highly you rate the defense.
> > > I'm off virtually all the time trumps break 4-1, so I'll assume they > > > are 3-2. I'm not prepared to take a second round finesse in trumps if > > > an honour falls on my right under the ace except against very poor > > > players. Given I'm playing for trumps 3-2 I might as well draw two > > > rounds to start with.
> > > It seems natural to win in hand, play the KA of trumps, and play a > > > diamond towards dummy. Someone will take that.
> > > (i) If they play another club, win in hand, draw the third trump and > > > play on diamonds. > > > (ii) If they win and play two rounds of spades, ruff in dummy and play > > > a second diamond. > > > (iii) If LHO goes in with the DK, plays a diamond to RHO's ace and he > > > plays a third diamond, then we ruff low and hope for the best.
> > > I think I'm missing something, because I'm not sure how the defensive > > > skill really makes a difference unless they are so bad they would > > > never play a heart honour from J10x.
> > Pretty much what I was thinking, except I would've played the Ace then > > King of trumps. What's the advantage of King first here?- Hide quoted text -
> > - Show quoted text -
> I wanted to start with a low diamond towards the queen so they don't > know where the 10 is. > The advantage of a low diamond towards the 10 is that they won't know > the diamond count (we could have singleton 10). > Maybe 10 of diamonds to the Queen is best.
Part of what I was thinking was: if you thought that the defenders weren't very good, then you might play out all three rounds of trumps and start the diamonds. Of course the defenders can beat the contract easily by playing spades after that, but I think the majority of defenders (including some good ones!) would continue clubs, hoping for someone to score the QC for the fourth defensive trick.
> Matchpoints. With opponents silent, the bidding goes 1D-1H-2H-4H. Your > partner (the top hand) apologizes as he puts down the dummy.
> x > K98x > QJ98x > Axx
> Jxx > AQxx > Tx > KQxx
> All the x's are 6's or below. The opening lead is the ten of clubs > (standard). Plan the play. I personally think that one's assessment of > the defenders' skill matters a lot on this hand, so feel free to give > several answers depending on how highly you rate the defense.
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