joshs Posted July 21, 2006 Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 9. Here is a hand where I misdefended badly, but thankfully declarer didn't take advantage:Both RedYou hold:AKJx JT9xx - J7xxRHO opens 1DYou x (Agree?)LHO PassesPartner bids 1NLHO bids 2DAll PassSA lead,Dummy has 9865 754 875 AT2 Partner plays the spade 7, udca. Plan the defense. 10. KJ T7 Q93 AQT976T8763 Q AKJ542 4All Red1C-1H-1S-3H(preempt)P-4H-5D-All PassHeart 6 lead (3/5) and RHO plays AK of hearts. Plan the Play. 11. AQT96 A875 A 8647 QJT Q87632 KQJ You are in 3N on the heart 2 lead to your T after the followign auction with the opps silent:1D(precision)-1S-2D-2H(ART force)-2N-3N 12. You hold 9754 Q3 KQ5 T765 You are defending 4H after a relay auction where opener showed 5-5 in hearts and clubs and a min opener (in the context of a big club system) and partner xed for a spade lead. You lead a spade and dummy has:AQ6 A52 J98743 ADeclarer wins plays a diamond, 2, T, Q. Now what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codo Posted July 24, 2006 Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 9. I had doubled too, but know many who hadn not because of the void, the 5 card major and/or the missing HCPs. I try my highest heart now. 10. I ruff, play a club and ruff a club. A diamond to the queen, next club, ruffed high. If the 10 of Diamond did not appear, I draw a trump and hope, that they are 2-2, or that the clubs are esablished.If I see, who ownes the club honours, I will decide wheter to play lho ofr the queen or ace of spades and finesse accordingly. 11. okay, lho lead away from his 5. king? I play him for the jack of spades and try a deep finesse in the boss suit. Later I will try to bring down his jakc by leading the top spades. 12. Declarer won the spade ace first trick? Now I play a spade to pds hand and wait for his heart return.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pclayton Posted July 31, 2006 Report Share Posted July 31, 2006 9. Totally agree with x. You don't play OS with Clem? I don't cash the K♠ and clubs look too dangerous to broach. I'll lead a wussy heart. Not sure I would have sold out to 2♦. Doesn't a reopening 2♥ portray this hand? 10. I need to guess spades unless I can get 5 tricks in clubs. I'l try for a miracle ♣KJ by playing A♣, ruff a club and spade hooking the J. 11. Spade to 10. Playing A♦, ♣to A (♥returned), Q♦ is intriguing, but its such a crap shoot. 12. By not releasing the A♣, declarer is about to embark on a dummy reversal. I think its technically superior to lead the Q♥, though I can't figure out why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshs Posted August 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2006 9. Here is a hand where I misdefended badly, but thankfully declarer didn't take advantage:Both RedYou hold:AKJx JT9xx - J7xxRHO opens 1DYou x (Agree?)LHO PassesPartner bids 1NLHO bids 2DAll PassSA lead,Dummy has 9865 754 875 AT2 Partner plays the spade 7, udca. Plan the defense. 10. KJ T7 Q93 AQT976T8763 Q AKJ542 4All Red1C-1H-1S-3H(preempt)P-4H-5D-All PassHeart 6 lead (3/5) and RHO plays AK of hearts. Plan the Play. 11. AQT96 A875 A 8647 QJT Q87632 KQJ You are in 3N on the heart 2 lead to your T after the followign auction with the opps silent:1D(precision)-1S-2D-2H(ART force)-2N-3N 12. You hold 9754 Q3 KQ5 T765 You are defending 4H after a relay auction where opener showed 5-5 in hearts and clubs and a min opener (in the context of a big club system) and partner xed for a spade lead. You lead a spade and dummy has:AQ6 A52 J98743 ADeclarer wins plays a diamond, 2, T, Q. Now what? 9. [hv=n=st7xhkxxdajxxcxxx&w=s9865hxxxd875catx&e=sqxhaqdkqt9xxckqx&s=sakjxhjt9xxdcj7xx]399|300|[/hv] The Play went SA, small, 7 small. Then mistake 1: I switched to a heart (declerer has few enties to dummy to take both the heart and the trump hooks). Had I continued with SK and a low spade to partner's ten, declarer is legitamately held to 9 tricks. Declarer won the heart and played a high trump, I pitched a heart, and partner ducked. Then declarer lead a low club, and I fell asleep again and played low (I needed to play the J) but declarer didn't play me for the mistake and didn't put in the ten.... 10. [hv=n=st7xhkxxdajxxcxxx&w=s9865hxxxd875catx&e=sqxhaqdkqt9xxckqx&s=sakjxhjt9xxdcj7xx]399|300|[/hv] At my table, where we didn't x 5D, the play went Heart, Heart ruffed. Spade to the J and Ace low trump back won with the 9. Spade K, ruffed, Trump back, down 2. The winning line is after Heart, Heart ruffed, C to the ace, club ruff. spade to the J and ace. later you use the DQ as an entry to ruff out the clubs and the spade K as a late entry to use the clubs. (Alternatively, you play D to the Q first, to ruff out the clubs and later use the spades as an entry. 11. [hv=n=st7xhkxxdajxxcxxx&w=s9865hxxxd875catx&e=sqxhaqdkqt9xxckqx&s=sakjxhjt9xxdcj7xx]399|300|[/hv] I won the heart lead, and deciding there was more likely to be spade length on my left (since no club lead) played a spade to the Q, SA (Bingo!), and then ST making 3. 12.[hv=n=st7xhkxxdajxxcxxx&w=s9865hxxxd875catx&e=sqxhaqdkqt9xxckqx&s=sakjxhjt9xxdcj7xx]399|300|[/hv] If you lazily return another spade, declarer will ruff, Cash the DA, Cash 2 rounds of trumps ending in dummy, ruff out the diamond, and return to dummy with the CA. The defense can get there high trump whenever they want it for making 5. To hold them to 4, my partner found the return a club after wining the Diamond. This falls into the category of "what is declarer up to". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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