Re: Deep Finesse gets this right

On Apr 25, 5:59 am, Steve Willner <swill...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> Couldn't West have held something like QT82 of
> >>trumps, with diamond leads necessary to get a second trump trick?
> Eric Leong wrote:
> > No, West always has two trump tricks.
>
> Sorry, too much wine with dinner. :-)  Make that QT62 in trumps, and
> give declarer the H-Q.

No, declarer can hold partner to one trump trick, by ruffing the third
round with the 8, and assuming West pitches, continuing with a low
trump to the 7.  It matters (of course) that East can't get in again
to promote another trump trick.

So perhaps this defense might make more sense if dummy's trumps were
K65 instead of K75.  Even so, that doesn't make it the right defense;
it may be better to play partner for QT or Q9 of hearts than to play
for one of the specific trump layouts where diamond leads are
required.


> I agree West's double was poor.

It does tell declarer how to play the hand.  On the other hand, I'm a
bit superstitious about JTxx of trumps, because I had a 2-session game
once in which that trump holding induced me to double the opponents'
part scores three times---and it worked out fantastically all three
times.  So I have a lot of sympathy for the double.

                                   -- Adam