david_c Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 You're in 4♠ on the uncontested auction 1♦ - 1♠ - 1NT - 4♠. ♠ A9 ♥ J972 ♦ AJ976 ♣ J4 ♠ QT7632 ♥ AT ♦ 53 ♣ AQ6 Yes, partner's hand is a normal opening bid. You can blame me for that one :D Anyway, the lead is the ♣7. Plan the play. Not wanting to pre-empt your decision at trick one (if there is one), I have some hidden text for you -If you play the ♣J: RHO plays the K If you play the ♣4: RHO plays the 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 I'll start with the J♣ (assume it gets covered) and try a ♦to the 9. Assuming something bad happens like it loses to the 10, I'll with the return (say a club) and ruff a club. A♠ and heart to the Ace and I'm at the crossroads, having to play for Kx or Jx. If the 9♦ pushes out an honor, I'll win the return and take another diamond hook. Assume it wins, I'm in real good shape. There's a few variations, but I'll try the A♦ now. it probably gets ruffed, and I'll play A♣, ruff a club, ruff the 4th diamond, spade to Ace and the 5th diamond ditching a heart. I don't think we have the entries to play for some kind of nice friendly heart position and keep the rest of our options open. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalvan14 Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 Quite a good line of play. I don't see anything better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted December 21, 2005 Report Share Posted December 21, 2005 neither do I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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