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Hi,
I'm at BBO Bridge Master Level 4 A-30 and can't understand why South should play a diamond to the diamond Q or J early.
Your reply is truly appreciated.
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BBO Bridge Master Level 4 A-30 Why should South play a diamond to the diamond Q or J?
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Posted Yesterday, 22:17
If nobody is void in diamonds, it doesn't matter what you do, so that's the only case that's important.
If you lead to the Q, then:
- if West shows out, you instantly win (can finesse East for the ten)
- if East shows out, you can endplay them as discussed in the solution
What is the alternative? If you lead towards the K instead:
- if East shows out, West wins the ace, and you instantly lose with no chance of a third diamond trick
- That alone makes it worse, but in addition if West shows out, you also lose instantly, since if you try for the same endplay, East will simply duck the second diamond and you'll be stuck in dummy.
So that can never work.
If you lead to the Q, then:
- if West shows out, you instantly win (can finesse East for the ten)
- if East shows out, you can endplay them as discussed in the solution
What is the alternative? If you lead towards the K instead:
- if East shows out, West wins the ace, and you instantly lose with no chance of a third diamond trick
- That alone makes it worse, but in addition if West shows out, you also lose instantly, since if you try for the same endplay, East will simply duck the second diamond and you'll be stuck in dummy.
So that can never work.
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