[y66]

from Jens Auken's BOLS bridge tip The Kill Point via Roland Wald on BridgeWinners:

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My belief is that on almost every bridge hand there is a point of time — a trick — when the action of a bridge player is decisive for the fate of the contract. The spotlight is on him. What he is doing the rest of the time is not decisive as long as he does not do anything foolish. I call that point the 'kill point'. If you are clever at spotting kill points you are a strong player and you will gain yet more strength from being able to relax the rest of the time.

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[kuhchung]

I dunno, play a club now. Even if declarer has KT of clubs, it's not like pitching a diamond from his hand is going to help him.

[hrothgar]

The choice of thread titles seems in bad taste

[HighLow21]

The Kill Point is the original title of Auken's tip. Nothing unseemly about it, the OP is just repeating it. Auken's tip simply referred to a point in time where a defender has control and the right play to the next trick kills the contract while the wrong play surrenders the contract.

I can combine my chances by playing a club now. If partner has either the K♣ (declarer with 2 of them, possible unless declarer has 10+ pointed suit cards or was falsecarding in hearts... also possible) or a diamond honor (regardless of declarer's shape) we are a cinch if I lead a low club now. Granted, there are layouts where this leads to a squeeze, but there are also tons of layouts where it kills the contract.

[hrothgar]

HighLow21, on 2014-January-22, 19:23, said:

The Kill Point is the original title of Auken's tip. Nothing unseemly about it, the OP is just repeating it.

I understand that. Its still not a title that I would use right now.

[kuhchung]

Oh if declarer does have CK I'm getting squeezed unless I play clubs now, which I did, albeit for the wrong reason