Like the idea and also take the HJ at T1 just to muddy the waters slightly. Then he might even have (say) 9x QJ10 / QJx KQ109x AQx and have upgraded the hand slightly although this is odds against. He could have SJ9 here though when wading in with the DA is less than effective.
Regards,
Iain
Iain ClimieJanuary 9th, 2023 at 1:36 pm
caveat … if South has QJ10 of course, then playing the DA is ineffective. HQJx works nicely. Time for the rule of 11 though and the realisation that South hasn’t got the H8?
Bobby WolffJanuary 9th, 2023 at 2:55 pm
Hi Jim2,
As usual, right on with a small target, but only a tiny regret when and if East shows up with enough diamonds for declarer to decide to eventually take a percentage spade finesse later. However, and no doubt, the nine of spades gets my vote for being 100% right, in spite of a mish-mosh of many different holdings leading up to more confusion than can be discussed here.
Bobby WolffJanuary 9th, 2023 at 3:14 pm
Hi Iain,
Yes, it is more effective for South to win the jack of hearts, trying to look like an original QJ and then encouraging East to more favorably continue hearts rather than the surrounding club tenace.
Also, while on defense and sitting East, it becomes important to brain bath at trick one, (possibly telling the table, he likes to do so regularly, problems expected or not, but not universally accepted unless done every time by East, when defending with partner on lead) which is almost never done. IOW, a good idea but totally impractical to
get away with. And our game goes on, with not all the fringes under examination.
Sometimes the more we discuss, the less we help the game, especially by giving suspected take advantage players, more room to roam with bad faith ideas.
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Declarer should have led the 9S at Trick 2.
Hi Jim2, Bobby,
Like the idea and also take the HJ at T1 just to muddy the waters slightly. Then he might even have (say) 9x QJ10 / QJx KQ109x AQx and have upgraded the hand slightly although this is odds against. He could have SJ9 here though when wading in with the DA is less than effective.
Regards,
Iain
caveat … if South has QJ10 of course, then playing the DA is ineffective. HQJx works nicely. Time for the rule of 11 though and the realisation that South hasn’t got the H8?
Hi Jim2,
As usual, right on with a small target, but only a tiny regret when and if East shows up with enough diamonds for declarer to decide to eventually take a percentage spade finesse later. However, and no doubt, the nine of spades gets my vote for being 100% right, in spite of a mish-mosh of many different holdings leading up to more confusion than can be discussed here.
Hi Iain,
Yes, it is more effective for South to win the jack of hearts, trying to look like an original QJ and then encouraging East to more favorably continue hearts rather than the surrounding club tenace.
Also, while on defense and sitting East, it becomes important to brain bath at trick one, (possibly telling the table, he likes to do so regularly, problems expected or not, but not universally accepted unless done every time by East, when defending with partner on lead) which is almost never done. IOW, a good idea but totally impractical to
get away with. And our game goes on, with not all the fringes under examination.
Sometimes the more we discuss, the less we help the game, especially by giving suspected take advantage players, more room to roam with bad faith ideas.