Cascade Posted February 3, 2008 Report Share Posted February 3, 2008 [hv=d=n&v=n&n=sjt53hajdakq86c82&w=s862hkt42d42cqt74&e=s4h8653dj753ca653&s=sakq97hq97dt9ckj9]399|300|Scoring: IMP[/hv] West North East SouthAckerley Balicki Burrows Zmudzinski - 1NT Pass 2♥ Pass 3♠ Pass 3NT Pass 4♦ Pass 4♥ Pass 4♠ Pass Pass Pass C5 CJ CQ C2 D4 DA D5 D9 S3 S4 SA S2 SK S6 S5 H3 S7 S8 ST H5 DK D3 DT D2 DQ D7 C9 This was an interesting underlead of my ♣A since I was leading around to the strong NT. Much more often an underlead is suggested when leading through a strong NT hand. The underlead was suggested because North denied a club control and therefore implicitly South's 4♥ showed a club control so I was confident of getting the ♣K in dummy - 3NT had denied a singleton. Still the underlead could work out badly with Kxx in dummy and Qx in hand and a useful pitch. Nevertheless it looked like we would need miracles to beat 4♠ after they had made slam noises. I was hoping for Qx with partner and a ruff and then some other trick somewhere. I learnt a valuable lesson on this hand. I strongly suspected that Balicki and Zmudzinski played first or second cue-bids but I wasn't sure. That meant I needed to ask before the lead. This question could have meant that declarer would have been able to deduce I had underled. It would have been much better if I had been more familiar with the opponents methods and had not needed to ask the question. Luckily it did not tip Balicki off and partner won his ♣Q. Partner's diamond return did not cost as declarer rejected the heart finesse in favour of guaranteeing he could pitch all of the clubs off the dummy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFA Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 I wouldn't be too worried about giving away this underlead by asking about cuebidding style. This is helpful info with the ♣Q as well, and although these guys are good, they can't see through the cards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerry Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 coincidentally the last time i underled was against cascade's partner's son (!) on a similar auction. dummy had KT9, pd had QJxx and i had a quick entry so 3 tricks in this suit were coming for 1 off until pd hitched after his J won. That was enough for declarer to get it right next time. Oh well :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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