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Posted 2014-February-26, 10:12



Plan the play from here. Also, if you object to the play of the hand so far, or the bidding (precision, transfer based), feel free to comment on that as well.

East shows up with the K of diamonds if you cash the ace at any point.
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Posted 2014-February-26, 11:37

Ruff two diamonds whilst drawing trumps, then KQ.

If East had four clubs, guess the heart layout. If East has A, the next two winners squeeze him without the count. We'll probably know the entire diamond suit at the point of making the decision, as East will probably throw all of his spare ones away in order to keep two hearts.
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Posted 2014-February-28, 07:18

View Postgnasher, on 2014-February-26, 11:37, said:

Ruff two diamonds whilst drawing trumps, then KQ.

If East had four clubs, guess the heart layout. If East has A, the next two winners squeeze him without the count. We'll probably know the entire diamond suit at the point of making the decision, as East will probably throw all of his spare ones away in order to keep two hearts.


THere is a bit more to the timing than that gnasher, for example, If spades are 2-2 I can survive a 4-1 club break by ruffing a club before I ruff a diamond. If clubs are 3-2 I only need to ruff one diamond. Is that not more likely than the squeeze? Is there any cost to ruffing one diamond and then drawing two rounds of trumps? 5-0 clubs might be embarassing, but it must be better.
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Posted 2014-February-28, 12:12

View Postphil_20686, on 2014-February-28, 07:18, said:

THere is a bit more to the timing than that gnasher, for example, If spades are 2-2 I can survive a 4-1 club break by ruffing a club before I ruff a diamond. If clubs are 3-2 I only need to ruff one diamond. Is that not more likely than the squeeze? Is there any cost to ruffing one diamond and then drawing two rounds of trumps? 5-0 clubs might be embarassing, but it must be better.

take another look at the OP and follow the play to trick 1: a trump was led, and rho showed out, so it is safe to assume that they weren't 2-2 :P
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