couldn't see this line if I played at trick 6 before continuing in
I can make!
what is the expert say on this and the bidding also?
Thanks
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I'm
not claiming to be an expert, but I can offer a couple of comments.
You ended up in the best contract. It's all too easy to be losing a
![Spades !S](http://ocp.pigpen.org.uk/smf/Smileys/default/icon_spades.gif)
, a
![Hearts !H](http://ocp.pigpen.org.uk/smf/Smileys/default/icon_hearts.gif)
and a
![Clubs !C](http://ocp.pigpen.org.uk/smf/Smileys/default/icon_clubs.gif)
in 5
![Clubs !C](http://ocp.pigpen.org.uk/smf/Smileys/default/icon_clubs.gif)
. If you get a (most likely) 3-2 break in
![Spades !S](http://ocp.pigpen.org.uk/smf/Smileys/default/icon_spades.gif)
, you're home in 4
![Spades !S](http://ocp.pigpen.org.uk/smf/Smileys/default/icon_spades.gif)
, same three losers.
Your problem is not planning through the hand, I think. You have exactly two certain entries to your hand without ruffing your
![Diamonds !D](http://ocp.pigpen.org.uk/smf/Smileys/default/icon_diamonds.gif)
winners. After East shows out, you KNOW that you're going to lose a
![Hearts !H](http://ocp.pigpen.org.uk/smf/Smileys/default/icon_hearts.gif)
and two
![Spades !S](http://ocp.pigpen.org.uk/smf/Smileys/default/icon_spades.gif)
, so you can't afford to lose another
![Clubs !C](http://ocp.pigpen.org.uk/smf/Smileys/default/icon_clubs.gif)
.
You
cannot make the contract unless West is kind enough to kill his partner's club winner with one of his trumps (try it... lead your
![Clubs !C](http://ocp.pigpen.org.uk/smf/Smileys/default/icon_clubs.gif)
at trick 6, but West must discard rather than ruff), so you go down anyway against decent defence, but locking yourself on table as you did is absolutely a 0% line. Well, OK, not 0%, you're OK if you drop a singleton
![Clubs !C](http://ocp.pigpen.org.uk/smf/Smileys/default/icon_clubs.gif)
K with the
![Clubs !C](http://ocp.pigpen.org.uk/smf/Smileys/default/icon_clubs.gif)
A.
![Roll Eyes ::)](http://ocp.pigpen.org.uk/smf/Smileys/default/rolleyes.gif)
So yes, try the
![Clubs !C](http://ocp.pigpen.org.uk/smf/Smileys/default/icon_clubs.gif)
finesse at trick 6, and hope that West makes a (silly!) mistake by ruffing, but the contract
should go down against competent defenders as the cards lie.