10. PSYCHOLOGICAL PLAY ------------------ (i) xxx -------------- Against NT, W leads 5 and E puts J. You should take | N | K and let W guess if E is holding the Q. |W E| | S | -------------- KQx (ii) xxx Against NT, W leads 7 and E puts up J. If you don't -------------- want to duck, take K not A. If you hold up, then | N | second round take A and not K. It will be difficult |W E| for W to judge that you ducked with AK. | S | -------------- AKx (iii) Q93 -------------- Against suit call, on lead of K by W, E plays | N | 4. You should play 5. W will place 2 with E AKJ87 |W E| 1064 and since he played 4, he will be placed | S | with doubleton and continue the suit. -------------- 52 Q853 -------------- In the second hand, if you play 6, W will place | N | doubleton with E and continue the suit which AKJ97 |W E|4 you don't want. Therefore, play 2 and not 6 | S | PRINCIPLE: If you want oppoenents to continue -------------- the suit, play high otherwise low. 1062 (iv) AKJ -------------- Lead 10 by W. Take A and play from your hand a | N | higher card than is played by E. W will place a |W E| a lower card with E and will take his first card as | S | a signal to continue. -------------- Q752 (v) AQJ3 -------------- While finessing start with 6 and not with 2. W will | N | then take E's card as a signal for interest in the |W E| suit or atleast K, thinking that E has ducked with | S | K in hand. -------------- K62 (vi) 84 -------------- Against NT, if you don't want opponents to switch | N | to a second suit, take K on E's 10 and not J. W Q9753 |W E| 1062 will then place J with E and continue the suit. | S | -------------- AKJ (vii) J103 -------------- Against NT, put J and then Q from hand. W may place | N | AQ doubleton with S and play again lead the suit. K8642 |W E| 75 | S | -------------- AQ9 (viii) J93 -------------- Against NT, put J but drop 10 from hand. W may place | N | K10 doubleton and play play A straight for a drop. AQ8752 |W E| 4 | S | -------------- K106 (ix) Q10653 -------------- If at ant time W plays K, you should drop 8 from | N | hand. W will place AJxx with E and continue, K7|W E| J94 setting up the suit for you. | S | -------------- A82 (x) 83 -------------- Against NT, on lead of 4, E putting up Q, you | N | should play 5. E will place 2 with W with 5 10764 |W E| Q9 carder and will continue the suit. | S | -------------- AKJ52 (xi) Ax -------------- If you play Q, W thinking that you have J and | N | seeing that dummy has only doubleton Ax, may Kxxx |W E| J10xx not cover with K. | S | -------------- Qxx (xii) Qxxx -------------- You have already played a low from N's hand, | N | E ducking and your K makes. If you again play Jxx |W E| A10xx a low from N's hand, E may go up with A | S | thinking you have KJ doubleton. -------------- Kx (xiii) xx -------------- You have played a low from N's hand and you have | N | taken K. Now if you play low from dummy, E may Qx |W E| A10xx place KQxx with you and may go up with A. | S | -------------- KJxxx (xiv) AQ65 -------------- If you are placing K with W, play A and then 5. | N | E may place singleton 9 with you thinking that 1084|W E| K732 you are trying to ruff and may not put up the K. | S | -------------- J9 (xv) J93 -------------- E has bid the suit twice and W leads a 5. On | N | A drop the K if you want to avoid an immediate 5 |W E| AQ10876 ruff by W. E withh then place 542 with W. | S | -------------- K42 (xvi) J1086 -------------- W has bid the suit and lead A. If a discard is | N | available later and immediate ruff is to be avoided AQ972 |W E| 4 drop the K. W will place 43 with E. | S | -------------- K3 (xvii) xxx -------------- Against NT, opponenets are bound to switch to this | N | suit later. To prevent it, play low yourself from |W E| dummy at the earliest opportunity. E-W will think | S | that you are trying to establish the suit. -------------- J10x (xviii) Qx -------------- E leads 5 and W puts up K. A good chance of | N | stopping the run of this suit is to play Q from |W E| dummy. W may place A or AJ or J10x with S and | S | switch to another suit -------------- 1073 (xix) J10xx -------------- Play low towards J, If W thinks that you are | N | leading from AK, he may go up with the Q. Q87 |W E| K9x | S | -------------- Axx J84 -------------- Play 2 towards J. If W thinks his partner has K | N | and you are tempting E to take Q, as in example Q76|W E| 1095 above, he may play low. | S | -------------- AK32 (xx) 108 -------------- If you judge that J is with W, play 2 from hand. | N | W will never imagine that you are holding AKQ and J763 |W E| 954 will definetly play low, your 10 winning. | S | -------------- AKQ2 (xxi) xxxxx -------------- Pull out Q. W will think that you have AQJ and may | N | cover. Kx |W E| A | S | -------------- QJ10xxx (xxii) J1084 -------------- Pull out J. E will think you are trying for | N | finesse of Q and may duck. Qxxx |W E| Axxx | S | -------------- K (xxiii) K96 -------------- Normal play is to play J and if W does not cover | N | then to take K and play 9 finessing from E's |W E| hand. | S | -------------- AJ108 K96 -------------- Taking advantage of the same, if you are sure | N | that W holds the Q, lead J from hand, W may Q83 |W E| 1075 think that you are leading from AJ10 and may not | S | cover -------------- AJ42