It happened in our weekly online training on 5th Feb, 2018.
Board 1
Vul: None
Dealer: North
North East South West
Pass Pass 1♠ Pass
2♠ Pass 4♠ AP
Lead: ♣K
Trick 1 2 3 4
1 ♣K ♣6 ♣5 ♣J
2 ♣Q ♣8 ♣3 ♠2
3 ♡7 ♡5 ♡J ?
West leads ♣K and the declarer ruffs on the second trick. And now, what's your plan after winning with the♡Q?
The declarer doesn't draw trumps in the early stage, but seems to establish the heart suit. The play routine is quite strange. What is the declarer doing? Just to enter to the dummy to finesse trump or something else?
'Who holds ♡A' becomes the key point in this deal. West is likely to hold ♡A. If declarer holds ♡A, he will establish long suit after drawing trumps. In any case, the declarer could always draw trumps first. Why does he play so strange? That is to say, the loser in ♢ couldn't be discard by heart. The declarer hopes the defender who holds ♢K to help him to play ♢. So he plays heart first to confuse the defenders and let them to make mistake. Analyzing deeply, if the declarer holds 5♠, whatever the distribution is, the loser in ♢ will never disappear. It seems not to be sensible to play ♢K. The contract will go down by playing ♢K only if the declarer holds 6♠, 3♡ with A and 3 small ♢. If that is true, what I want to say is just nice deceptive play. I am sincerely convinced by the playing level and accept the result gladly.
This deep thought gives me a new idea of playing. If finesse is inevitable, do it in the early stage may achieve an unexpected effect. For example, if I hold 6♠, 3♡ with A and 3 small ♢ and play like this, although singleton ♡Q will lead the immortal contract go down, indeed it makes great trouble for defense.
The Full Deal
Board 1
Vul: None
Dealer: North
Board 1
Vul: None
Dealer: North
Pass Pass 1♠ Pass
2♠ Pass 4♠ AP
Lead: ♣K
Trick 1 2 3 4
1 ♣K ♣6 ♣5 ♣J
2 ♣Q ♣8 ♣3 ♠2
3 ♡7 ♡5 ♡J ?
West leads ♣K and the declarer ruffs on the second trick. And now, what's your plan after winning with the♡Q?
The declarer doesn't draw trumps in the early stage, but seems to establish the heart suit. The play routine is quite strange. What is the declarer doing? Just to enter to the dummy to finesse trump or something else?
'Who holds ♡A' becomes the key point in this deal. West is likely to hold ♡A. If declarer holds ♡A, he will establish long suit after drawing trumps. In any case, the declarer could always draw trumps first. Why does he play so strange? That is to say, the loser in ♢ couldn't be discard by heart. The declarer hopes the defender who holds ♢K to help him to play ♢. So he plays heart first to confuse the defenders and let them to make mistake. Analyzing deeply, if the declarer holds 5♠, whatever the distribution is, the loser in ♢ will never disappear. It seems not to be sensible to play ♢K. The contract will go down by playing ♢K only if the declarer holds 6♠, 3♡ with A and 3 small ♢. If that is true, what I want to say is just nice deceptive play. I am sincerely convinced by the playing level and accept the result gladly.
This deep thought gives me a new idea of playing. If finesse is inevitable, do it in the early stage may achieve an unexpected effect. For example, if I hold 6♠, 3♡ with A and 3 small ♢ and play like this, although singleton ♡Q will lead the immortal contract go down, indeed it makes great trouble for defense.
The Full Deal
Board 1
Vul: None
Dealer: North
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