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opps silent partner opens
1c 1s 2s p p p
RHO flickered slightly at trick 4
West leads the J of hearts Q K x,
♥A,x,x,x
♥10,x,x,x
♦Q
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Posted 2011-December-09, 19:56
Matchpoints
opps silent partner opens
1c 1s 2s p p p
RHO flickered slightly at trick 4
West leads the J of hearts Q K x,
♥A,x,x,x
♥10,x,x,x
♦Q
Continue from here
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Posted 2011-December-09, 20:04
What's the contract?
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Posted 2011-December-09, 20:11
How many ♠ am I playing, what was the auction and MP or IMP?
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Posted 2011-December-09, 23:20
rduran1216, on 2011-December-09, 19:56, said:
RHO flickered slightly at trick 4
West leads the J of hearts Q K x,
♥A,x,x,x
♥10,x,x,x
♦Q
Continue from here
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Posted 2011-December-09, 23:40
sorry, ur playing 2S in matchpoints with opps silent
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Posted 2011-December-10, 23:27
Since W led the heart J from Jxx(x) there's some restricted choice argument that if he had Jxx(x) of diamonds as well he'd lead that half the time instead therefore making it more likely that E has the diamond J? Or maybe this partnership really likes leading unsupported honor cards? Sorry I don't speak crazy lead.
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Posted 2011-December-11, 04:44
kayin801, on 2011-December-10, 23:27, said:
Since W led the heart J from Jxx(x) there's some restricted choice argument that if he had Jxx(x) of diamonds as well he'd lead that half the time instead therefore making it more likely that E has the diamond J? Or maybe this partnership really likes leading unsupported honor cards? Sorry I don't speak crazy lead.
But there's a restricted choice argument in the other direction. The fact that he makes a strange lead makes it more likely he has Jxx in the other unbid suit - i.e. he made the odd lead because he had no choice but to lead from an undesirable suit.
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Posted 2011-December-13, 01:49
I just wanna know whether u should go on instinct, which was RHO is full of it and doesn't hold the J, or whether u should play him for an honest lead here and hook the J the other way. Strong table feel is that he's full of it and LHO has the J, but playing with a client would u hook RHO for the J anyway or take the non-book approach?
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rduran1216, on 2011-December-13, 01:49, said:
I just wanna know whether u should go on instinct, which was RHO is full of it and doesn't hold the J, or whether u should play him for an honest lead here and hook the J the other way. Strong table feel is that he's full of it and LHO has the J, but playing with a client would u hook RHO for the J anyway or take the non-book approach?
Who says RHO's ♦Q must be an honest card? With QJ he can safely play the J as well (his partner will never waste ♦K)... So technically, restricted choice applies and I'd place ♦J with LHO.
About following your instinct: you should keep stats about this. If after a while your instinct seems right more often than not, start trusting it. If it's wrong more often, then never trust it.
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Posted 2011-December-13, 09:29
A diamond shift doesn't make sense from neither Qx nor QJx(x...), so I don't know what I would do.
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Posted 2011-December-15, 17:07
Given the play to-date, declarer has shown 4 or more ♠s, 3 ♥s, leaving 6 or fewer cards in minors. Only reason why RHO didn't safely exit a trump is that he must have the stiff ♦Q or Qx and probably three trumps. He's probably looking at nothing in ♣s, which makes it reasonable to hope that declarer has some values in ♣s and partner has some stuff in pointed suits. Partner must have Kx or Ax of ♠s in addition to King of ♦s in which case you will beat this hand a trick. Not quite sure why he thinks it's so important to beat the hand and give up an over-trick or simplify declarer's guess in ♦s when his defense doesn't work. My guess is that RHO is probably a better rubber Bridge or IMP player.
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