Showing posts with label restricted choice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label restricted choice. Show all posts

Sunday, August 29, 2010

card combination

AQ9
xxxxx

Play up to the 9. Assuming it loses to the Jen or Tack, lead up again. If a second small one appears, you should play the A. RHO has either KT, KJ, or JT. It's a restricted choice scenario; so play him for KT/KJ.

LHO can break this by playing a JT when you lead the first round of the suit! So what happens then? In the real world, I would probably always play for LHO to have split from JTx. (He has to do this in order to give you a losing option.)

However, if LHO is good enough to do this from Jxx/Txx, then he either has Jxx/Txx or JTx. Is this a restricted choice situation (LHO must play a big one from these holdings), so you should still play for KT/KJ on your right!?!?

My head hurts.