robert2734

I pick up Qx, not the rest of them. Which has the distinction of being the actual position at the table. Your finesse line of play only works if east has three hearts and can't give his partner an uppercut.

If ruff-finesse ♥Q loses, east continues the fourth round of hearts. West ruffs high with ♠ Qx, ♠ 10x, or ♠ 9x and now you can't pick up the trumps. If west has ♠ xx, you overruff with the 8 and the king is the second entry you need to pull off a trump coupe when the clubs are 3-3.

If the ♠ Q drops, then ♥ A, ruff the ♥ 8, come to your hand with a diamond ruff, draw the last trump, knock out the ♥ K and claim.

♦ A, ♠ K, ♠ A, leave the master trump out. ♥ A, ♥ Q run it, ♥ J run it, If the hearts broke 4-3 or the 9 dropped, claim conceding the q of spades. Otherwise we need 3-3 clubs to pitch the heart 8. King of clubs, ace of clubs, ruff a club, ruff a heart, throw a heart on the clubs. if the Q of spades drop, draw the last trump and concede the king of hearts.

West has two choices. Play east for the ace of hearts or play east for a singleton diamond. If east has a trump trick it doesn't matter what he does. If you have five diamonds you might of bid it.

4S. I have a four loser hand and I hope partner can cover one. If he can't maybe they can make 5D the other way. Maybe they can't make 5D but they bid it. Actually, I know partner can't cover a loser if E and W have their bid and I'm bidding 4S anywayz. Otherwise it's too easy for them to find 3NT or 6D or wherever they belong.

The robot treats all doubles as takeout.

If the lead is fourth best it is from a five card suit ♣ J9875. There could be a squeeze. It's hard to say who is guarding what. Cash ♠ AK and continue a third spade. If they split 3-3 you're home. If west has 4 spades to go with 5 clubs, you'll squeeze east in the red suits. If east has four spades, he can't lead a club so you have time to duck a heart. Either the hearts will split 3-3 or maybe the guy with four hearts has to guard clubs or diamonds. Or you could have a double squeeze where nobody can hold three rounds of diamonds.

Story time. I open a no trump with ♠ AJTx ♥ KQXX ♦ KXX ♣ QX at a real important tournament, pass, partner bids 3 diamonds invitational and 3 spades on my right. I wasn't going to accept but with a spade lead I'll try it. 3NT by me. Partner has ♠ xx ♥ Jxx ♦ AQTxxx ♣ xx. Spade lead to the queen ace. King of hearts, everybody ducks. Queen of hearts, everybody ducks. Six rounds of diamonds.

If opener with ♥ Qx was opposite Kxx or Axx, he wants to play 3NT from his side. If you have a stopper showing auction, the opponents know what to lead, even if you wind up in 5D. I'm a blaster and sometimes it don't work. It just has to work more often then the alternative.

Top club. If partner can win with the ace or king, then a red card through declarer and the other ace.

A ♠ , A ♥ , now I need west to have three or more diamonds to make it, K ♦ , diamond to the jack, ruff a spade, diamond to the ace, ruff a spade, A ♣ , ruff a club, ruff a spade. Now I have ♥ K109 so I can concede the Q ♥ and claim. West has the Q ♠ , so if he is short in spades and ruffs with the queen and returns a trump, my J ♠ is good so I'm ok.

A ♠ , A ♥ , K ♥ , four rounds of ♦ , A ♣ , ruff a ♣ , ruff a ♠ , ruff a ♣ , ruff a ♠ , ruff a ♣. They can ruff in with the queen third of hearts anytime they want. If the hearts break 4-0 I'm probably not making this but other lines no better.

East with K ♥ along with ♦ AKJxx might have overcalled all white. But is this enough evidence to invoke rabbis rule? I'm going to rise with the ace.

Club means low club unless declarers intent is incontrovertible.

If the spades are 5-3 you can lose no more than the diamond finesse and three spade tricks. If the spades are 3-5 , you probably would have gotton a spade lead. If the spades are 4-4, other declarers might have lost 4 spades off the top and just claim the last nine tricks. If the diamond finesse works you beat them and if it loses you probably don't.

At other tables they could be cashing 4 or 5 spade tricks off the top.

How often do they wind up playing 3N by you. And the spades are 5-3 and the spade lead off the top sets the contract?

Yes you trust partners judgement and leave penalty doubles in.

After 1D-1H-1S does east ever want to play anywhere other than 3N on a hand west will pass 3N? Fourth suit forcing 2C will let you let you learn more about partners hand but the opponents will as well. You already know you don't have a 4-4 heart fit or a 3-5 heart fit. You don't want the lead through your Kx of clubs.

If you play to the king, you have one loser when W has AQ, AJ, or A3. If you run the ten, you never have one loser. If you run the ten and W has QJ3, you have two losers instead of three so maybe it has merit as a safety play. Are you in trump and is this suit trump? W with AQ3 hopes you are playing to the king and he'll get two tricks so he'll never step up. W with AJ3 hopes you have QT94 and are playing to the king so he'll never step up. W with A3 hopes partner has Q4 and you misguess so he'll never step up.

1D-1H-1S-3N

If north-south should know better, I'd whack them with a procedural penalty. That will hurt them more than 5 ♥ X down half a million which takes away their last half a matchpoint. If 4 ♥ should end the auction, why consider anything that happens after that?

I would adjust the score to 4♥-6 -600. South has no (authorized) reason to pull 4H. So you get your extra half a mp. I can see 5C making off three aces. Spade to the king winning and throwing the other spade on the hearts. one time partner opens a spade. Four clubs by me splinter. No alert, five clubs by partner. Either tho I think she is supporting my clubs, what would I bid if she alerted and is now cue bidding the ace of clubs? Either 6♠ or 7♠ not sure. Since 7♠ is a logical alternative I think i have to bid it. Partner has the A♣ and the contract rolls home.

Double. Hope partner has shortness in hearts.