tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539769009808917053.post9089989614267256818..comments2023-10-04T11:43:14.036-05:00Comments on Mishaps at the Bridge Table: It's not a sacrifice if you play to makeLakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16177723973206020679noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539769009808917053.post-6008166280949572042014-01-14T21:18:54.476-06:002014-01-14T21:18:54.476-06:00You might still have your sights set too low. If ...You might still have your sights set too low. If clubs split 4-3, it looks like a dummy reversal would produce 12 tricks. Play the first few tricks as a crossruff. Ruff the club lead; ace and a spade; club ruff; spade ruff and a third club ruff. If clubs split 4-3, diamond to jack, ruff another club, and diamond to ace. You now have two good clubs on which to pitch two losing hearts. You get 4 trumps (dummy), 4 club ruffs; 2 clubs, the spade ace, and a delayed heart ruff.<br /><br />BTW, that looks like a perfectly normal 3D preempt at unfavorable vulnerability opposite a passed partner to me. (Maybe I'm in the Henry Bethe school of bidding.) On this hand, partner should put you in the same 5 diamond contract in any case.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09309235663848998609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539769009808917053.post-6786980288274730952014-01-13T23:27:58.520-06:002014-01-13T23:27:58.520-06:00I wonder if this is one of those weird hands where...I wonder if this is one of those weird hands where declarer is more likely to make the contract if dummy holds xx in hearts instead of Kx?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402419741923703786noreply@blogger.com