Now for an easy one... playing the hand better than me shouldn't be too taxing for you. First the bidding, hands and lead. I'll put the full hand below the cut.
You're playing ACOL and sitting South.
North
East
South
West
1
Pass
2
Pass
2
Pass
3NT
All Pass
North Dealer
NS Vuln.
Teams of 4
North (Dummy)
A 9 7 4 3
K 6
9 4
K J 6 4
Lead
7
South
10 5
A 10 5 4
A Q 10 2
A 3 2
You may assume that when you play the Jack of Clubs from dummy that it holds. East will likely return a heart when first in, and West will likely continue clubs when first in. (Corrected:seat names)
North Dealer
NS Vuln.
Teams of 4
North (Dummy)
A 9 7 4 3
K 6
9 4
K J 6 4
West
Q 8 6
Q 8 3
J 8 3
Q 10 9 7
East
K J 2
J 9 7 2
K 7 6 5
8 5
South
10 5
A 10 5 4
A Q 10 2
A 3 2
Did you manage to make against 4-2 spade breaks too? And any 5-1 breaks? Would your line have changed if table held A 9 8 4 3?
Another technical comment - this manner of presenting problems does not quite work, as to post a comment one needs to first look at the whole post. It seems to be better to edit the original posts after a few days' time, giving the readers a chance to comment/discuss the problem. On bridge matters, I would instinctively play the jack of clubs and continue with a spade to 10. The continuation depends on what happens after that.
Thanks again, very useful suggestion. I have managed to implement some kind of toggle button, since I'm nice and don't want to hide the hand for days. Though for some problems I suspect I might.
Do you think there's an advantage to taking the first trick in hand and running the spade 10 instead?
I think very little, if any: a) we'd rather the player on the left to be on lead in trick 3 (for example because of the hearts) b) the player on the right with KDxx spades (or even KWxx) is in a trickier position now when we play small from the table
Caveat: most of my play-related comments (and actual play at the table, I'm afraid to say) are based not on a very deep analysis, but rather some practice and general feeling.
Another technical comment - this manner of presenting problems does not quite work, as to post a comment one needs to first look at the whole post. It seems to be better to edit the original posts after a few days' time, giving the readers a chance to comment/discuss the problem. On bridge matters, I would instinctively play the jack of clubs and continue with a spade to 10. The continuation depends on what happens after that.
ReplyDeleteThanks again, very useful suggestion. I have managed to implement some kind of toggle button, since I'm nice and don't want to hide the hand for days. Though for some problems I suspect I might.
DeleteDo you think there's an advantage to taking the first trick in hand and running the spade 10 instead?
I think very little, if any:
ReplyDeletea) we'd rather the player on the left to be on lead in trick 3 (for example because of the hearts)
b) the player on the right with KDxx spades (or even KWxx) is in a trickier position now when we play small from the table
Caveat: most of my play-related comments (and actual play at the table, I'm afraid to say) are based not on a very deep analysis, but rather some practice and general feeling.