How do you play this at MP?

#1 Free

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Posted 2007-July-12, 05:15

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You end up in 6♠ played by South (opps silent). LHO leads ♣K. The obvious way to make the contract is to play on ♥. So you take ♣A, and play ♥K followed by a small ♠ to the Queen. When you play a low ♥, RHO shows out!

How do you continue your play at MATCHPOINTS?

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#2 jtfanclub

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Posted 2007-July-12, 07:36

Geez, what was I doing, trying for an overtrick?

Assuming you sluffed a diamond on trick 1, play the king of hearts, a diamond to dummy, play a low heart. When RHO shows out, you can get 8 spade ruffs, a heart, a two diamonds, and a club. A club ruffing finesse on trick 4 will hopefully establish trick 13 before it can get ruffed out.

I guess if I did that, we wouldn't have this problem!

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Posted 2007-July-12, 09:26

Why would you not be trying for an overtrick in MP?

Anyways, I would cash the SK. If LHO shows out I will play a spade to dummy and start running hearts and probably end up needing a diamond hook unless something interesting happens.

If RHO shows out I would finesse the spade, pull trumps and run hearts and probably just play ace of diamonds king of diamonds in the end unless something interesting happened.

If they're 3-2 I'd play the jack of clubs pitching a diamond if not covered or ruffing if covered and then pulling the trumps.

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Posted 2007-July-12, 10:09

You only have 7 hearts between the hands. They are unlikely to be 3-2

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Posted 2007-July-12, 10:13

FrancesHinden, on Jul 12 2007, 11:09 AM, said:

You only have 7 hearts between the hands. They are unlikely to be 3-2

I think he means if spades were 3-2, as the lines of play given were based

1) if LHO showed out on 2nd round of spades
2) if RHO showed out on 2nd round of spades and
3) if 3-2 (spades)

Is the word "pass" not in your vocabulary?
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Posted 2007-July-12, 14:56

Free, on Jul 12 2007, 06:15 AM, said:

[NORTHSOUTH=North,????,MP,
AQ9x AQxxxx Axx -
KT8x K KJx AJTxx

You end up in 6♠ played by South (opps silent). LHO leads ♣K. The obvious way to make the contract is to play on ♥. So you take ♣A, and play ♥K followed by a small ♠ to the Queen. When you play a low ♥, RHO shows out!

How do you continue your play at MATCHPOINTS?

The bad 5:1 ♥ break suggests some declarers are going to down down here.
I'm not sure I should be trying for an overtrick.

Also, why did RHO merely show out rather than ruffing and forcing me to over-ruff?

For W to have "the Rabbi" of ♣'s, the stiff K, ♣'s would have to be 1:7
I don't think this is likely. Let's test ♣'s and get the shapes around the table defined.

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