[thepossum]

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From the latest Ken Berg memorial. Sadly I missed the overtrick

The winning play was of course to lead the king then small. How did people know?

I am just wondering if that is a basic play I should know

[P_Marlowe]

Hi,

I would say, that since you are missing the 9, the natural way
of finessing the Q is King, followed low to J/T.

If you have the 9 instead of the 8, you could argue, that it
is the same, it would be, but still playing King followed by
low to the J/T still looks more natural.

I dont think there is a huge difference, which way to go, except
success.

You could also try to get some interference out of the opening
lead, but given that we are talking about handling the trump suit,
it seems risky.


With kind regards
Marlowe