Suit Combinations - The best percentage play to win tricks based on
the combination of partnership holdings in a given suit, including tactics
as finesses. Note: including a complete list of all
possible suit combination possibilities would be exhaustive; to obtain
further information, please refer to
Jeroen Warmerdan's program "SuitPlay"
9 High Card
Point held by opponents - The Ace, King, and Queen |
|
Case |
Decl.
Num.
Cards |
Partnership
Holding |
Need |
% |
Remarks |
1 |
5-1 |
J 10 9 x x
x |
2
1 |
16
87 |
Play low to J
Play low to low |
2 |
4-2 |
J 10 9 x
x x |
1 |
77 |
Play low to J then low to low |
3 |
4-2 |
J 10 8x
x x |
1 |
37 |
Play low to 8 then low to low |
4 |
4-2 |
J 10 x x
x x |
1 |
25 |
Play low to J then low to low |
5 |
4-3 |
J 10 8 x
x x x |
1 |
73 |
Play low to J then 10 to low |
6 |
4-3 |
J 10 x x
x x x |
1 |
68 |
Play low to J then 10 to low |
7 |
4-3 |
J x x x
10 x x |
1 |
69 |
Play low to
10 then low to J |
8 |
4-4 |
J 10 x x
x x x x |
1 |
84 |
Play J to low then low to low |
9 |
4-4 |
J x x x
x x x x |
1 |
76 |
Play low to low repeatedly |
Index of Suit Combinations
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