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6 Diamonds How do you play?

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Posted 2011-May-24, 19:02



You receive a 2 lead and remain wondering how to explain your partner that 3 shows extras. Out of the trance you play a small club from dummy and take RHO's 10 with your Jack. So far so good... How shall you continue?

 wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:

Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the 3.


 rbforster, on 2012-May-20, 21:04, said:

Besides playing for fun, most people also like to play bridge to win


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Posted 2011-May-24, 20:22

I don't read anything into the lead except a good chance that clubs are 4-3, hence a slightly diminished chance of very bad breaks elsewhere.

Crossruff will require things to go well. We'd play to score 2 spade ruffs and 1 club ruff in hand, so roughly LHO must have 4 clubs and nothing too destructive in terms of short spades or the diamond 9. Roughly 50% for the clubs, 70% for the ruffing the 3rd spade, so about 35%.

Finessing the red suits is probably better. Suppose to the 10, and eventually to the Q and ruff a small . To a first approximation this succeeds if Kx(x) is onside, or if K(x) is onside. If the chance is 25% and the trump chance is independently 30%, that adds to 47%.

I don't see any appealing line involving establishing spades.
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Posted 2011-May-25, 02:52

I'd follow up with club up, heart finesse.

- If it holds, ruff a heart, take a spade discard on top club, spade back, ruff heart, ace of trumps, spade ruffed and diamond jack.

- If it doesn't, ruff a heart at some stage and play for Kx with LHO.
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Posted 2011-May-25, 09:36

View Postwhereagles, on 2011-May-25, 02:52, said:

I'd follow up with club up, heart finesse.

- If it holds, ruff a heart, take a spade discard on top club, spade back, ruff heart, ace of trumps, spade ruffed and diamond jack.

- If it doesn't, ruff a heart at some stage and play for Kx with LHO.
This does seem better. I would though cash the A if the finesse wins. That avoids a defensive ruff in layouts such as RHO's xxxx,Kxxx,Kx,xxx, and also profits against RHO's xxx,Kxx,K7xx,xxx.
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Posted 2011-May-25, 10:52

You receive a 2 lead and remain wondering how to explain your partner that 3 shows extras. Out of the trance you play a small club from dummy and take RHO's 10 with your Jack. So far so good... How shall you continue?

My guess:
JAK discarding a , A, A, ruff a heart, ruff a , ruff a , ruff a , ruff a , ruff a ... hoping to emerge with 1, 1, 3, and 7 trumps.
Then congratulate partner on his excellent bidding judgement :)

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Posted 2011-May-25, 12:17

I finesse both red suit and if one of them fails, several good things need to happen
If I have made this specific agreement, then I will keep the agreement.
A partner can convince me to play nearly anything, but if partner breaks agreements, then you will fairly fast reach the point, that I wont be interested in playing any longer. Stick to your agreements.
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Posted 2011-May-25, 13:11

The diamond K is onside doubleton or singleton, or lefty has no diamonds at all. Does that change anything about how to proceed?
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Posted 2011-May-25, 19:42

Can across ruff?
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