pigpenz Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 you lead small heart partner wins ace♥ and returns heart to your King, your play what would you switch to? auction: IMPS vul vs nv 1♣ x p 1♥p 4♥ 4♠ x p p p [hv=d=w&v=n&w=sq9hj3dkj97caj1064&s=sk76hk92d10832c875]266|200|Scoring: IMP[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 I would trust partner to have given suit preference. If he really led back a small heart, I would play a club. BTW why did I bid 1H? :P I have no idea what RHO is up to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 small club Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigpenz Posted October 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 I would trust partner to have given suit preference. If he really led back a small heart, I would play a club. BTW why did I bid 1H? :P I have no idea what RHO is up to. cause your a hand hog thats why you bid one heart :P If the hand doesnt belong to you do want partner to lead a diamond? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 RHO's bidding is weird whatever he has, but I can't imagine him holding an ace. I wonder whether he might just have 5 spades and read that you "always bid 4♠ over 4♥". If so, drawing 2 rounds of trumps before starting heart forces looks attractive, doesn't it? I think it is impossible to answer this one without knowing more about the bidding and partner's signal. Would partner start with a double on a 2=6=3=2 19 count? Arend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 the 1H bid obviously worked out great for me here. We pushed them into 4S and I got my heart lead. You're right, I don't want a diamond lead, but I do want to find our longest trump fit, and I do not want to distort my hand needlessly. I have no reason to think that it will be their hand and I won't be on lead myself even if it is. Partner asked me to bid my longest suit, and I think not doing so could be classified as masterminding. It could excite partner into jumping to 3H (what am I supposed to do over that? I guess pass, but I'm very strong...) or 4 I guess. Partner with 5 spades and 4 hearts and a big hand will probably not be able to get us into spades either after 1H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_U_Card Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 I think it is impossible to answer this one without knowing more about the bidding and partner's signal. Would partner start with a double on a 2=6=3=2 19 count? Arend Seems that RHO must have a H to ruff as well as a C loser and a D to find and pard has 3S cards so I will return a small trump and let them solve their own minor suit dilemma. (since the size of the H return was not mentioned I take it as ambiguous so that pard is asking my opinion about the return.) Boy have I ever been wrong before when I take positions like this, but what the hey.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_U_Card Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Be still my heart, a kindred spirit has escaped from the asylum....lol (2 small S votes) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 I agree with everything Justin said about the auction. Not everyone plays weak jumps shifts; I would guess RHO has a more-or-less that: a long (should be 7 but he might be insane) spade suit with few high cards. It wouldn't have surprised me if partner only had 4 hearts, and RHO thought he was hitting heart shortage in dummy. As he has short(ish) spades, partner shows signs of being strong balanced. Now, I'm obviously in a minority here, but my partner would have given me count on the heart on the way back. Back to the hand in question. Can partner have 6 hearts? Well, my partner can't; he would have to have a hugely good hand to double first, and then he wouldn't have bid 4H he'd have looked for a slam. Playing with my usual partners I think it's right to switch to a trump. Partner might have Ax (though then I don't know why he didn't switch himself), or he might have Jx and declarer goes wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_U_Card Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 No matter how many S declarer has, the shorter he is, the more C he must have, right? Why didn't he bid over the double? He has H and S and was sitting in the bushes. (even 5S to the T and 3 or 4H to the J is enough with Qxx in C and A(x) in D. When he heard the 4H bid, he thinks p is stiff or void and expects the sac to be right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalvan14 Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 why pard did not return a ♠?there is something funny going on here:- pard must have 5♥ (I can easily be bidding on 3 cards, and in any case he can always cue-bid ♣)- the only (reasonable) honors that LHO can have are KQ in ♣- pard cannot be singleton in ♣ (I would expect a splinter, rather than 4♥). So he has 2 or 3 small ♣ (guess 2)- pard 2nd ♥ must be an indication of something Overall, i believe i would return the ♦8 (and start thinking who could be my next partner ;) ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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