Re: Las Vegas Open Pairs Hand 14 07/21/2008
- From: "pumpkin_644@xxxxxxxxxxx" <pumpkin_644@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:48:09 -0700 (PDT)
On Jul 23, 12:57 pm, Eric Leong <ewleong...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Pairs
Dealer: South
Vulnerable vs Not
As East, you hold: S 10 H AQ942 D K7654 C K10.
The bidding proceeds:
West North East South
-- -- -- Pass
1H Dble 2NT(1) 3C
3D Pass 4H Pass
Pass Pass
(1) Limit Raise or better in hearts
Opening lead: H 6
S AK742
H J753
D 9
C 543
S 10
H AQ942
D K7654
C K10
The play proceeds:
North East South West
1. H6 H3 HK HA*
2. S5 SA* S3 S10
3. DA* D9 D10 DK
4. H8 HJ* C2 H2
How do you plan the play?
Eric Leong
192
The bidding, the lead and South's play to trick 1 suggests that we
have probably already missed a very good chance at taking 11 tricks.
On the auction South is highly likely to be 3-5 in the blacks and
North 4-3.
The missing hearts are KT86, and South's play of the K of hearts at
trick 1 is a strong indicator he has a singleton.
First, North is quite unlikely to lead a singleton on this auction-why
pickle pard's trump holding?
And if North has led his singleton 6, why would South make life easy
for you by playing the K from KT8 when he can insert a spot and force
you to use a dummy entry to pick up his trumps.
North will also be disinclined to lead a trump from T6 since he may
legitimately score the T if declarer is left to his own devices.
While it's conceivable North has lead the 6 from 86, South would play
the T not the K at trick 1 and keep declarer in the dark re the trump
situation.
Since all signs point to North having 3 hearts, the bidding suggests
that he is a heavy favourite to be 4-3-3-3 and South 3-1-4-5.
North's shapeless double facing a passed-hand pard suggests he has
compensating high card values/controls. His trump lead is consistent
with South holding little of value and it also suggests he did not
have an attractive alternative (e.g. QJTx of spades, QJx of clubs
etc.)
We should take advantage of the strong inferences the opps. have
kindly provided us with and play North for something resembling QT9x-
T86-AQx-AJT and try for for 11 tricks by ruffing out North's A third
of diamonds.
Win the heart, cash 2 spades pitching a club and play the diamond 9
playing low from hand. If North wins and continues with a trump we win
in hand with the 9, ruff a diamond, ruff a spade, ruff a diamond
felling North's Ace, ruff a spade back to our hand, pull trumps and
concede a club.
If North tries to tap us by playing on clubs we ruff ruff a diamond,
play a trump to hand, ruff out North's diamond Ace ruff a spade and
claim.
Cheers.
Nick
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