Apollo81 Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 IMPs both vul, opps bid 1♠-1N-2♣-2N-3N pard leads ♥Q dummy is KQ7xx106x4AKQx you have xxAxxKJ659xxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skjaeran Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 This is close. I'll take the ace and switch ♦5. There's too many layouts where declarer has 9 winners if he gains the lead, where partner's got ♦AT8x or better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 I play my highest x of H.Partner cannot be leading from a 4 card suit to the QJ.With QJ9x he should lead a low heart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codo Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 From QJ9x he had lead the queen, maybe even from QJx in the hope to find my suit. If declarer can be trusted partner has no 5 Hearts, because with just Kx in Heart, declarer had bid different. P should have 4 Spades, maybe even more, so there is a chance that he does not even possess another 4 card suit. I switch to a diamond, this can win a lot and seldom cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benlessard Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 IMPs both vul, opps bid 1♠-1N-2♣-2N-3N pard leads ♥Q dummy is KQ7xx106x4AKQx you have xxAxxKJ659xxx declarer has around 9-10 pts. so partner got 8 or 9pts -3 in H. So partner either have the DA or the SA. Could partner have QJ♥+Q♦+ an A ? this seems unlikely. Declarer would have at best. JTKxxAxxJxxxxx this doesnt look like a 2Nt to me. So its fairly certain declarer got the QD. So if partner got the SA. and declarer AQ of D. partner need 5H, wich =declarer only 2H so declarer is (1255,2254,2245) i think a fair amount of these hand he will raise to 3C instead of bidding 2Nt. (PS AJXX of S for partner is probably not enough because declarer will still have 2S+1H+2D+4C (unless hes got a stiff spades) If partner got the AD he need both the T and the 8 or 5 of them. A specific 4 card holding like aT8x isnt great odds but i still think this is as or more likely then declarer having Kx in H. So i win with the A and switch small D. I hope partner got 5D to ATxxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ochinko Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 ♥A, ♦K. I am trying to unblock the diamonds, and possibly to avoid being squeezed in the minors. This also removes an entry to declarer's hand. Can't be that bad of a defense even though I am the only one to try it so far :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo81 Posted November 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 The reason that ♥A, ♦K is wrong is that declarer may hold ♠AJ♥Kxx♦Q9xx♣?xxx Partner will be unable to continue diamonds on trick 4 no matter what you do. Declarer has to have a hand similar to this for winning and switching to gain over just encouraging the suit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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