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A Q 9 End game

#1 TWO4BRIDGE

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Posted 2014-December-10, 08:56

North
♠ A Q 9

South ( Declarer )
♠ 2 3 4

Can you guarantee 2 tricks ( South on lead .. first time for ♠ lead ) when East has nothing left but ♠ ( including the K ) ?

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#2 TWO4BRIDGE

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Posted 2014-December-13, 07:22

TWO4BRIDGE, on 2014-December-10, 08:56, said:

North
♠ A Q 9

South ( Declarer )
♠ 2 3 4

Can you guarantee 2 tricks ( South on lead .. first time for ♠ lead ) when East has nothing left but ♠ ( including the K ) ?

Is this one too easy, too difficult, or what ?

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#3 manudude03

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Posted 2014-December-13, 07:59

I'd say too abstract, maybe better to put it as a full hand play problem like:

Play 6H on the ♥4 lead, trumps break 3-2.

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#4 gszes

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Posted 2014-December-13, 08:37

Given that you KNOW (for whatever reason) east has only spades left it becomes a
simple matter to lead and cover as cheaply as possible whatever card west plays.
If east refuses to win the trick you have secured 2 spades. If east wins the trick
(no matter what they win it with) they will have to lead a spade into your tenace
of either the AQ or the A9 (with the KJ or the KT having been played the previous
trick).

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#5 TWO4BRIDGE

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Posted 2014-December-13, 09:42

Correct... gszes ...

An A Q 9 is holding recognizable for its trick taking ability.
The same is also true for an A Q 10 holding .

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Posted 2014-December-14, 10:50

This is a novice and beginners forum, so I was not going to respond to the OP unless it was thrown open to others.

This one is too easy. Any beginner or novice who is interested enough to read these Fora should get this one right.

It is not too easy for novices and beginners in general. They will get this one wrong.

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#7 neilkaz

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Posted 2014-December-14, 22:37

Note also that this works with AQx as long as the x is higher than the card played by LHO. I pulled this off as little more than a beginner back in the 80's when I had AQ7 in dummy and LHO fell asleep and didnt play a card higher than the 7. Then I got to listen to several minutes of arguing and fighting from my aggrevated LM opps as they'd let me make a doomed 6NT.