Monday, May 14, 2007

Too late

Here's one I messed up last week:

Dealer:East
Vul:EW
Scoring:imps
K5
Txxxx
K9xx
xx
Jxx
QJx
xxxx
Txx
AQTx
AKxx
QJxx
Q
9732
x
A
AKJ9xxx

The auction went (I was very cautious here):
1 - 2 - pass - pass
Dbl - 3 - pass - pass
pass

LHO started with a small to the J and my Ace. I played a low , LHO played the 4, the K in dummy to RHO's Ace. While she was thinking about what to play next, I realised I missed an extra opportunity here. She switched to Q for my Ace, and I continued to LHO's Jack. He played a as fast as he could, and I went -1.

What went wrong? Double dummy, nothing went wrong, I simply can't make it. However, if I played 5 in trick 2 (and not the K), I can bring RHO on lead later on, who will have a hard time underleading A (probably holding the K or Q as well). This way I improve my chances if RHO has only 1 (which you actually have to hope for). I guess I was just hoping too much on a defensive error or luck in ...

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