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#1 User is offline   antonylee 

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Posted 2012-July-03, 11:42

You hold K543 opposite dummy's J862 and your (imps) goal is to score one entry to dummy. In addition, you are only allowed to lose the lead once to lefty, whereas you are allowed to lose it twice to righty. Best line?
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Posted 2012-July-03, 12:05

Playing a K and then small seems like the only line. I am sure I am missing something, otherwise it wouldn't be thread worthy.
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Posted 2012-July-04, 07:58

If not the above line, I'd start small to dummy's deuce, then lead the king to the six once I got back in.
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Posted 2012-July-04, 08:37

I don't see the alternative to starting with the king, there has to be some case where doing something else is better, but I cannot see it.
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Posted 2012-July-04, 19:26

Interesting conundrum. I think it's best to start with the King. If lefty wins with the Ace, play small and cover whatever lefty plays if possible. If righty wins with the Ace, or it doesn't appear, duck a round next. I think this works in all cases where we have a chance.
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Posted 2012-July-06, 21:00

Pavlicek's website shows success is about 53.65% for K first and 43.52% for x-x first. The key is in the avoidance constraints.

Check out his card combination analyzer at http://www.rpbridge....cgi-bin/xcc1.pl
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