Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83 based; site houxz.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!halle1 From: halle1@houxz.UUCP (J.HALLE) Newsgroups: net.rec.bridge Subject: Re: TYP:R24 solution Message-ID: <846@houxz.UUCP> Date: Tue, 12-Jun-84 15:53:41 EDT Article-I.D.: houxz.846 Posted: Tue Jun 12 15:53:41 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Jun-84 01:21:58 EDT References: <665@ihuxe.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 13 A slight variation on Rob's line: Although it is likely that east has the queen of clubs, it is not certain. So when leading the clubs, lead the J. If west covers, then follow Rob's line. If west follows low, you must judge where the queen is. If you play west for it, say if he hesitates noticibly, finesse, then play AK of clubs. If east discards a diamond, duck a diamond as in Rob's solution. If east throws a spade, lead the fourth club, winning in hand. Now lead a spade, ducking to east. If east has an honor, he can defeat you by rising with it, so you need east to have all three, though if west was poor enough to telegraph the club, he probably is not good enough to play high on the spade. Thus the exact line depends a good deal on table feel. With nothing else to go on, Rob's line is probably best, since it requires only three cards to be right, as opposed to this line which requires four.