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From: desj@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (David desJardins)
Newsgroups: net.rec.bridge
Subject: Re: minor play problem
Message-ID: <11413@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>
Date: Wed, 15-Jan-86 20:20:47 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 15 20:20:47 1986
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Summary: Pitch heart losers

In article <118@aplcen.UUCP> prm@aplcen.UUCP (Paul McMullin APL x7823) writes:
>
>	    (Dummy), W: Ax
>			Qx
>			AJ9
>S exposed:		KJ8643		N exposed:
>7c, 9c					Qc, Ac
>		You, E: KJT98x
>			Jx
>			Q8xx
>			2

   The situation seems clear; North has three clubs and hence is 4423, 4333,
or 3433.  It is possible that you will be forced to lose a diamond, a spade,
and a club, so you must avoid heart losers.  So you cash KA of spades to draw
South's trumps, and start pitching hearts on clubs.  If North does not ruff,
or ruffs with the queen, you pitch your second heart, and lose at most a club,
a diamond, and a trump.  If he ruffs small you overruff, cross to the board
with the AD, and play another club pitching your heart.
   Note that if North refuses to ruff you plan to simply cash AD and continue
the clubs.  If North ruffs you have no problem with control, and if he lets
you pitch two diamonds you are down to JT9 of trump and QD, and can hardly
lose more than two tricks.

   -- David desJardins