pclayton Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Matchpoints Pard opens 1♣, pass on right, you pass, LHO reopens with 1♠. You and your pard pass for the rest. 2N on right, 3♥ on left, 3N on right. [hv=d=n&v=n&w=sqt643haq84d963ca&s=s72h63dkq872c8742]266|200|Scoring: MP[/hv] You lead the 2♦ (5th best), small, Jack, small Pard leads back the 4♦, 10 from declarer and you win the Queen (a tricky king is possible too). What do you play at T3? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartA Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 First of all, I would NOT pass, MP or IMP. It becomes apparent that pd had 4423 distribution. Continue with D to kill an entry to declarer's hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke warm Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 i'd lead a diamond also... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 I don't think declarer is short of entries. It seems like the last chance we have to push something through dummy, so I'd try a spade (seems safer than a heart). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 play a middle ♦, to make declarer's life hard Edit: Damn I didn't see the full auiction, declarer already knows we have nothing else. I play a top ♥ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Let's count first: Declarer has at most 2 spades and 3 hearts and exactly3 diamonds, so at least 5 clubs. Partner has exactly 2 diamonds and opened 1C holding at most 3. Conclusion: partner is exactly 4-4-2-3 and declarer is exactly 2-3-3-5. We could now try to guess which major to lead, but it seems better to let declarer playt the majors. I play a diamond now, hoping that declarer does not have enough entries to develop clubs and that partner can later endplay dummy to get 2 major suit tricks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 If declarer plays the major suits himself, won't it be easy for him to endplay partner? I think there is a good case to play a major suit through now, while partner can get out with a club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted October 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Another diamond was the big winner - it took the entry out of declarer's hand for the clubs. Your pard (me) held: AKxx, KJ9x, Jx, 9xx. I was soo looking forward to creating a board lock for declarer for a likely -2. My partner that held this hand shifted to a club - since he didn't have an entry to cash his diamonds (no sh^^ - he was a passed hand). Declarer smiled and played the Ace, and a low spade toward his J-9 and we are toast on a stick :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 It would be better to me not to count :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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