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vul vul opps are not good you are second position holding AJx AQJT9 - KQxxx RHO opens 1D. biding goes on like so 1D 1H 3D* 4H 5D pard asked about 3D it was explained as strong with diamond fit. then he bid 4H and 5D came instantly. IMO 5 and 6 !h are the only choices but what do i know. anyway, the explanation of a strong bid from RHO seems a bit silly, i hold a 17 count, if pard brings any honour card (and i hoped he doesnt have xxxx xxxxxx xx x or sth like that) the explanation should be incorrect. if pard brings xxxx Kxxxx xxx x things are difficult. on a no spade lead it can be 100% but also on a spade lead can come down to 0 % sometimes. i´ve asked arround with some experts, some say the bidding yells for a non diamond lead (with better players at least) some say that you can easily have two singletons and the diamond goes bye-bye if they don´t lead it right away so they can´t discard the diamond lead as an option. it seems tricky anyway so i just want to hear something more, thanks p.s. would some of you consider 2nt as their first bid? (55 in two lowest unbid suits) if yes why if no why?

that´s exactly my point. if he as a way of defeating the contract, he will do it. if he doesn´t he has to resort to mind games and let you make a mistake :)

i have a couple of questions, i assume the lead is from doubleton? (not sure of the marking). if so, why didn´t N continue with spades killing your high spade(s) (he knows you hold QJ of spades from your nt bid)? if you only have one spade discard for the diamonds then you have to play for the club finesse (more likely than the diamond finesse) and from his point of view you make. also, if S holds K of clubs, why didn he just return club at trick two? what can he gain by playing A of spades? i mean, if S led from singleton he has to play low spade at trick two in order to bring declarer down, playing the ace has no benefits. if you do take the club finesse and it holds, 3-1 trumps doesn´t bother you, 4-0 does. you have one ♦ discard on the A♣ and then you can play Q♠, if south ruffs, overruff and enter the hand with trump. if north has a trump you´re fine, if he shows out, there is still a chance for a diamond expas. if you decide to not take the club finesse you should at least try to ruff out some clubs, maybe the king drops (although unlikely) anyway, the first thing is what would sway me towards taking the club finesse.

You are in third position, nonvul vs vul with Axx AQ9xxxx xx x. bidding is p 1♣ ? I´m interested in both MP and IMP scoring, and have no clear idea on what to bid with this hand. 4♥ might be too much since we have 2 aces, reasonably 2 def tricks, but i want to show my heart length, and 3♥ seems like an underbid. if i bid 1♥ i didn´t do any preempt damage so they´re free to find any fit they want. I´m leaning towards 3♥ for now but would like to hear some opinions. Thanks