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- From: tnh@sw.stratus.com (Tim Hill)
- Newsgroups: rec.games.bridge
- Subject: Re: bidding problem
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- Date: 23 Nov 92 15:46:54 GMT
- References: <9211160837.aa19948@Paris.ics.uci.edu: <1e8q0vINN835@transfer.stratus.com> <1e9h4iINNcvh@sol.deakin.OZ.AU> <1992Nov19.172930.11072@linus.mitre.org> <By5n70.7ny@irvine.com>
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- In article <By5n70.7ny@irvine.com>, adam@irvine.com (Adam Beneschan) writes:
- > In article <1992Nov19.172930.11072@linus.mitre.org> bs@gauss.mitre.org
- > (Robert D. Silverman) writes:
-
- KQxx
- A
- AQxxx
- T9x
-
- Ax
- Qxx
- Txx
- AKQJ8
-
- > >And it still isn't the greatest 6C contract. It is a little over 50%.
-
- > Say they lead a trump. Win it, ace of hearts, ace of spades, ruff a
- > heart, trump to hand, heart ruff,
-
- Oops. Dummy's out of trump.
-
- > queen of spades discarding a
- > diamond, ace of diamonds, concede a diamond and now claim with your
- > high trumps.
-
- I assume Adam means CA, HA, SA, H ruff, SK, SQ pitching a D, S ruff, H ruff,
- DA, Dx.
-
- > If spades break 5-2 and they ruff your queen, you can
- > fall back on the diamond finesse.
-
- Well, if RHO ruffs the SQ, you can overruff, DQ, DA, crossruff high, and
- concede a diamond at the end. But if LHO started with two spades and
- three clubs, he'll ruff the SQ and lead another trump, depriving you of
- your second diamond ruff.
-
- Another line is CA, HA, SA, H ruff, SK, S ruff, H ruff, S ruff, C, C, DA, SQ.
- This needs 3-2 clubs but can tolerate a spade doubleton on either side.
-
- Both lines are over 70% (assuming LHO would be much less likely to lead a
- trump from one or four than from two or three).
-
- As Adam noted, if LHO doesn't lead a trump, you have the needed third
- entry to ruff two hearts and draw trump, so only 6-1 spades, 5-0 clubs, or
- a diamond ruff at trick one will set you.
-
- > So this appears to be a lot better than a 50% slam.
-
- ayup.
-
-
- Tim
-