Comments | mczen: Equal white, teams

mczen

Equal white, teams

Dec 07, 2007 19:13

You end up in 3N after an auction best left unmentioned. Your dummy is:
J T98x Qxx J9xxx
You hold:
A9xx A Kxx AKQTx

LHO quickly leads the heart king. Any thoughts on finding trick #9?

Comments 1

nobleshore December 11 2007, 18:54:04 UTC

Your options are either to play LHO for dAx or try the psychological play of overtaking the c10 and leading a heart, pitching a diamond. If you try the psych play then you cannot pitch a club because you will be giving away your holding in the suit, and you cannot pitch a spade because then the opponents will find the spade switch. You are hoping with the psych play that LHO decides to play you for AK9 A xxxx AKQ10x or AK9x A K10xx KQ10x or just doesnt think it through and makes a passive return. Knowing the auction would help to decide which of these plays to go for. If the above hands are plausible then the psych play is probably higher percent.