vuroth Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 (edited) [hv=d=w&v=e&e=sjxxhxxdkxcqtxxxx&s=sak65hxxxdxxxxcax]266|200|Scoring: IMPIn an auction best forgotten, 3 passes to west who opened 1♠. Partner doubled, and opponents ended up in 4♠, which you doubled. Partner surprises you by leading the 9♠, which dummy ducks. What now?[/hv] As always, I apologize if the problem isn't as interesting/useful as I thought it was. Edited May 7, 2008 by vuroth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjames Posted May 8, 2008 Report Share Posted May 8, 2008 I don't understsand, did West open in 1.seat or did it go pass-pass-pass-1♠? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted May 8, 2008 Report Share Posted May 8, 2008 The greedy defense is to play 3 rounds of spades. However, this would give away the contract if declarer has both red aces and Kx of clubs. In this case we'd have to switch to hearts before our club ace is knocked out. Fortunately we can cash two high spades to see what signal partner plays. If partner plays a high heart or a low club (assuming standard carding) then I switch. If not then I continue with a third spade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vuroth Posted May 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2008 I don't understsand, did West open in 1.seat or did it go pass-pass-pass-1♠? 3 passes to west, who opened 1♠ in 4th position. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vuroth Posted May 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2008 Very good point, Han. I doubt I would have been able to visualize declarer's perfect hand at the table, though obviously dummy's long clubs are a concern. Again, maybe this problem was too easy for this forum. At the table, my partner (I was North) ducked the first round, with little thought. I wonder what he was thinking when declarer played:- Ace/King of hearts- low heart, ruffed in dummy- king of diamonds- low diamond to the ace in declarer's hand- low diamond, ruffed in dummy Defense collected a diamond, club and 2 spades for down 1. Down 3 was there for the taking, though. V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 Like Han's idea. Wish I could say that was intuitively obvious. Wasn't for me tho. Maybe next time. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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