::MadeSix::
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Bridge jokes:
[Econs teacher] Taxes transfer can redistribute wealth from the rich to the poor...
[Me] Rubbish! Texas transfer is 4D-4H/4H-4S and can only let the strong hand declare. Cannot redistribute wealth(HCP) from the rich(strong hand) to the poor(weak hand).
You know why Michael Jackson passed away? He was my opponent as a bridge table and he did a Michael's Cuebid showing Hearts and a minor. I bidded NT showing a heart stopper such that I can stop his heart from running. He dropped dead.
In Statistics (year 2), to prove that a claim is wrong you need to do tests and draw inferences. In Bridge, to do the same thing you just need to call the Director.
Okay lame. I thought of it in lectures 'cos they were too boring.
Anyway the answer to the deal last time:
You have no need to draw trumps. To make 6C, all you need is either the spade or heart finesse to work, that's about 50% chance. However, there's one way to make the contract regardless of whether both finesses are onside or offside, through an elegant Endplay. All you need to do, is to NOT ruff the opening lead at all! You can pitch either major spot card from dummy. At trick 2, you are left with: (suppose you pitch a spade)
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xx
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AKJ
AQxx
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xxxxx
Now your LHO is on the lead and he is stuck, or endplayed. He has no clubs for a passive return. If he returns a diamond, he gives you a ruff&discard. Simply discard a heart from dummy and ruff in your hand and the rest is good. If he returns either major, he'll lead into your tenace positions (AKJ or AQ) and give you a free finesse.
The same goes if you've pitched a heart earlier on the opening lead.
If you had ruffed the opening lead:
xxx
xx
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xxxxxxx
AKJ
AQxx
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xxxxx
You're in dummy and you have to take a finesse, which might lose if both the spade Q and heart K are offside. If you hadn't ruffed the opening lead, it doesn't matter where both honours are. You can try to cash the AK spade and give up the J to LHO and similarly endplay him. However it is not a guarantee that spades are offside and if it's onside your RHO can simply return a heart through your AQ and you need to take another finesse.
So, the key thing is, 6C is cold on any layout!(any distribution of defenders' cards)
hongaik madesix at 7:01 PM
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