han Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 Here is a funny hand: [hv=d=s&v=n&w=s9hj62dqj1063ckqj3&s=saj84h1043da7c10975]266|200|Scoring: XIMPp-p-p-1Hp-2C-p-2Dp-3D-p-4Hall pass[/hv] The opponents drury themselves into 4H. Right or wrong, you lead the diamond 7 against 4H. Dummy's queen slowly wins the first trick (uh oh). Declarer cashes the AK of trumps (partner's queen falling) and plays the diamond king, you winning the trick. What do you play now? You don't know your partner, but you know declarer is not to be trusted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skjaeran Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 If I play a low spade to partners king and get a spade back, declarer will manage to throw his remaining spade(s), if any, on dummys clubs before I can get on lead again. So that wont work. We'll score a ♠, a trump and a ♦. So I need partner to hold the ♣A.To make sure he know's what's up, I'll cash the ♠A and lead the ♣5 to his ace. A ♦ through lets me score the ♥10 for one down. This whole thing seems silly, but that's the only conceivable way to beat it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 Th trump promotion seems right, as in the above post. play pd for the C ace. Nice as Skaeran says to cash SA first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted March 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 I made the big mistake of playing the club 10. Declarer played a low club from dummy and my partner played low.... arghh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjcorey Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 Hi everybody, I'm new to the forum. Hannie's point about which club to lead is a good one, but I wonder if a couple of points have been missed. Partner is marked with the AC; else declarer has 10 tricks by drawing the last trump. The only diamond holding with which it makes sense for declarer to leave the trump out is Kxxx. If he has Kx he's a lunatic (for the T1 play), and even if he is, he might as well draw the trump, play to KD, presumably establishing diamonds, and then force an entry in clubs. If he has Kxx of diamonds, again it's suicidal to leave the trump out -- he has to figure your partner to have started with Axx of diamonds on the play. Declarer is virtually marked with KS as well. If he lacked that card his auction would be absurd; also his only real hope would to be establish a minor before drawing trump, hoping the defenders would miss the dummy-tap. In my opinion laying down AS is therefore incorrect. The only real hope for the defense is to play an appropriate club to partner's hand and hope for a spade return from QS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_c Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 [Edited numerous times, sorry] It would certainly look a bit silly to cash the ♠A and then find partner did not have any more diamonds to lead. I think we need to know what cards partner followed with in diamonds: that would at least distinguish declarer's Kxx (should cash ♠A) from Kxxx (should not cash ♠A). On the other hand, I wouldn't rule out declarer having Kx either, particularly if the first trick was slow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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