Trinidad Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 I wil give you a North hand and the dummy.[hv=n=saj92hkqj762dcq65&e=skq754ht954dt8ct2]266|200|[/hv]The auction: West North East South3NT* All Pass * 3NT shows 16-19 with a semisolid minor. North leads the ♥K, South plays the 3, declarer playing the 8. The ♥K wins the trick. In principle, NS play original fourth best continuations to show distribution. What heart should North play to trick 2 to make South switch to a spade? Rik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Are we allowed to see the dummy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trinidad Posted January 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Are we allowed to see the dummy? You are fast! I thought I fixed it immediately. Rik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 am I dumb or this is just an easy ♥7 continuation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 am I dumb or this is just an easy ♥7 continuation? Me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 If you play ♥7 losing to the Ace (only missing card), partner will look at it and see it was the highest missing card out so whenever he gets in he should return a ♠. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trinidad Posted January 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Let me ask an other question first: Suppose that you were not interested in getting any particular lead. Which heart would you then play? Rik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted January 19, 2008 Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 You only have 3 cards you can afford to play. I don't think you can make 4 different signals (preference among 3 suits and no preference). If you didn't have a re-entry you probably wouldn't have bothered continuing the suit. So I think it's best for partner to assume you do have an entry, and thus the card on trick 2 is suit preference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted January 19, 2008 Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 Let me ask an other question first: Suppose that you were not interested in getting any particular lead. Which heart would you then play? Rik If I don't have an entry I lead a low heart at trick one :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted January 19, 2008 Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 Let me ask an other question first: Suppose that you were not interested in getting any particular lead. Which heart would you then play? Rik It seems that you are suggesting that the 7 would be the normal count card so you should play 6. That is wrong. Count is irrelevant and partner will know that. Hence, the 7 is SP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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