On Apr 25, 3:59 pm, StevieTee <ste...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
Thus, I make this a 50% double (diamond or spade return at trick 2
beats the hand; heart of club return does not).
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Are you sure about that? How about this defense (which, by my lights,
is the way the hand should go):
Trick 1: JS, small, ace, queen
Trick 2: QC, KC, AC, small
Trick 3: small club, small, ruff, small
Trick 4: small spade, 9, ruff, small
Trick 5: small heart, 9, small spade, small
Trick 6? Declarer has two club losers and only one trump left in
dummy. If he plays spades for a ruffing finesse, you get a second
spade ruff - down 1. If he cashes the AD, ruffs a diamond to hand,
and ruffs a club in dummy, he can do nothing with the ten of clubs -
down 1.
You may object that I might have ****fted from the Qx of clubs and want
to overruff dummy, perhaps with a singleton Jack (The AKQxxx of hearts
would certainly be enough a twice bid suit).
Well, in that case you have to trust that I would have placed the Ace
of spades at trick 1 to take away your guess.
Henrysun909
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