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suit combo: AQxx vs xxxxx

#1 User is online   kgr 

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Posted 2010-October-24, 03:57

You are In 6, IMP's.
You have no losers outside and this is you trump suit.
You can loose one trick in
You have enough entries:

AQxx
*
xxxxx

How do you play this?
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Posted 2010-October-24, 07:08

Play the A and see if you can drop a singleton K,

If the K does not drop go to the opposite hand and lead towards the Q.

This play works if there is a singleton K in either hand, if the clubs are 2-2, or if the are 3-1, with 3 trumps before the AQ. If the trumps are 4-0 then there is no play that works and if the trumps are 3-1 with the K offside then also there is no play that works. I assume from the layout that you are also missing the J10 and 9 of trumps.

Good luck,

Theo
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Posted 2010-October-24, 09:51

right.
I happened to learn that this was not known to most beginners...so it was a reminder :)
(my partner played as said, but KJx was badly placed)
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Posted 2010-October-27, 05:40

I got it right, but my first thought was low to Q. As long as I'm playing slowly enough I would expect to get this right at the table.
Still decidedly intermediate - don't take my guesses as authoritative.

"gwnn" said:

rule number 1 in efficient forum reading:
hanp does not always mean literally what he writes.
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Posted 2010-November-04, 06:26

If KJx is badly placed, nothing works.
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