From east's perspective it was best to play low instead of the K in the first spade round, right? Then declarer would have had to play east for both the K and the T and finesse to the 9 or play low to the Ace and hope the K falls. In any case, rhe options are quite limited and you definitely need some chance to make this hand
This is both a great question and observation! By covering the first spade with the king, east promotes their partner's ten, but simultaneously makes it possible for us to finesse. If east waits, not covering the first honor, now declarer has to decide what to do. If declarer decides to play a low spade to the ace, the king falls to the ace without promoting the ten. But if declarer goes wrong and leads the second high honor from north, now declarer cannot finesse the ten and partner gets a trick. Generally, when the opposing side has two honors, we want to cover the second honor for just this reason (so the other side cannot finesse our partner). Because the king is doubleton, declarer can actually succeed regardless of which choice east makes, so the question is... which one makes it harder for declarer to succeed?
This is a fantastic question! We do have the ingredients for an endplay here. We can eliminate the other suits, we will have trump on both sides and we can throw the opponents in with something we were always going to lose anyway. One of the down sides is that we cannot control who we throw in. If east wins the last of our losers, then this is fantastic, because our QJ8 is playing fourth. If west wins, it's not as good for us, but it still does improve our chances because our A is now playing fourth. The biggest downside is that if they give us a ruff and a sluff, it isn't particularly helpful. One of the benefits to an endplay is that if the opponents give you a ruff and a sluff, the sluff gets rid of your loser. Here, a ruff and a sluff leaves us with QJ8 opp A962 or QJ83 opp A96 and only 1 trump left. We are faced with much the same problem as before we attempted the endplay. If we lead the Qs and it is covered, we still could potentially lose the T. Looking for an endplay when your only option is finesse is really fantastic bridge. And most of the elements we need for an endplay are here. Great question.
If the partnership is playing level of the fit, then 3d would be the correct bid with west's hand. They have a 9-card fit in diamonds and should therefore bid to take 9 tricks. 3d is actually a good contract for them. Assuming they get the diamonds right, they are making 3d which is far better than letting 2h make.
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Nicely fully and patiently explained. Your patience extends to the comments as well.
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Excellent analysis. I need to remeber to try the technique that offers the best odds, even if it fails. Thanks
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From east's perspective it was best to play low instead of the K in the first spade round, right? Then declarer would have had to play east for both the K and the T and finesse to the 9 or play low to the Ace and hope the K falls. In any case, rhe options are quite limited and you definitely need some chance to make this hand
This is both a great question and observation! By covering the first spade with the king, east promotes their partner's ten, but simultaneously makes it possible for us to finesse. If east waits, not covering the first honor, now declarer has to decide what to do. If declarer decides to play a low spade to the ace, the king falls to the ace without promoting the ten. But if declarer goes wrong and leads the second high honor from north, now declarer cannot finesse the ten and partner gets a trick. Generally, when the opposing side has two honors, we want to cover the second honor for just this reason (so the other side cannot finesse our partner). Because the king is doubleton, declarer can actually succeed regardless of which choice east makes, so the question is... which one makes it harder for declarer to succeed?
May be it will be good to play the 2 diamond and 3 clubs in order to pur the oponent on hand so they have to play the spade suit for us?
This is a fantastic question! We do have the ingredients for an endplay here. We can eliminate the other suits, we will have trump on both sides and we can throw the opponents in with something we were always going to lose anyway. One of the down sides is that we cannot control who we throw in. If east wins the last of our losers, then this is fantastic, because our QJ8 is playing fourth. If west wins, it's not as good for us, but it still does improve our chances because our A is now playing fourth. The biggest downside is that if they give us a ruff and a sluff, it isn't particularly helpful. One of the benefits to an endplay is that if the opponents give you a ruff and a sluff, the sluff gets rid of your loser. Here, a ruff and a sluff leaves us with QJ8 opp A962 or QJ83 opp A96 and only 1 trump left. We are faced with much the same problem as before we attempted the endplay. If we lead the Qs and it is covered, we still could potentially lose the T. Looking for an endplay when your only option is finesse is really fantastic bridge. And most of the elements we need for an endplay are here. Great question.
@thebridgeteachers thanks Samantha for your answer. Very very helpful!!
@@clasesdelucrecia1616 You're welcome!
You say west bid 2D showing exactly 3 diamonds but they have 4 diamonds. What should they have bid?
If the partnership is playing level of the fit, then 3d would be the correct bid with west's hand. They have a 9-card fit in diamonds and should therefore bid to take 9 tricks. 3d is actually a good contract for them. Assuming they get the diamonds right, they are making 3d which is far better than letting 2h make.
mirror hands
Yes! Mirror hands remove a lot of our options.