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- From: pynq@quads.uchicago.edu (Jeremy Mathers)
- Newsgroups: rec.games.bridge
- Subject: Re: Place the Blame
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.190122.2776@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 19:01:22 GMT
- References: <9212171310.aa09953@Paris.ics.uci.edu> <1992Dec21.010736.29331@midway.uchicago.edu> <BzM9B5.D06@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
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- In article <BzM9B5.D06@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> hrubin@pop.stat.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin) writes:
- ...
- >>Unfortunately, in this case, there is only one entry to the table, and
- >>declarer needs it for the heart finesse (which is almost certainly on).
- >
- >>Thus, he has to pray for a favorable spade position.
- >
- >HOWEVER, what will East lead if, by some chance, he wins the first spade?
-
- Suppose you play to the heart Ace, then play a spade. Now, West should
- split his honors, win the next spade, and shift to a diamond. Now you
- are back to 4 losers.
-
- >Unless East has 2 spades, declarer can take the heart finesse first and
- >ruff the fourth heart for an entry to take the spade finesse. Assuming
- >that the heart finesse wins and that East has 1 spade, only the singleton
- >queen of diamonds in West or 9 clubs in East can give a problem. Even
- >if West has all 4 spades, the defense must play well to give problems.
-
- This is pretty cool, but a bit far-fetched (IMNSHO).
-
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