lenze Posted March 17, 2004 Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 [hv=d=w&v=n&s=s76hat64dkq76cat3]133|100|Scoring: MPWest deals and bids 1♣. North bids 3 ♦ and you compete to 5 ♦. The opponents continue to 5♠ by East. You lead the Diamond K and partner overtakes with the Ace and returns the Heart Jack. Your play!![/hv] Dummy is xxxx, Q9xxx, x, KQJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted March 17, 2004 Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 West one CLUB opening with that hand with five hearts and 8 hcp is interesting to say the least. Was it alerted? Partner's 3♦ not vul versus not vul should be something more than just the ♦A long. I suspect we were going to make quite a few tricks in ♦, but that we are not going to make five ♦, but surely we would make 3♦ for +110, so first question I have to answer is down one good enough at matchpoints, or do I have to go for down three (why didn't I double... at matchpoints this has to be a hand worthy of double... oh well). The options are to duck and hope to win two hearts with AT behind declarer's K8 (if partner has a stiff ♥) to go along with a ♣ and a ♦. But alas that is only down two... (no double big trouble). However, we can win the ♥ACE and give partner two ♥ ruffs ♣ re-entry, for down three.... What can go wrong? Partner may have a natural trump trick, and he may be ruffing a loser with a winner. But still, that is down three and should do as well as we can without double. In 4♦, we would rate to lose 1♠ and 2♣ if partner has a natural ♠ trick and singleton ♥, for +130. So I will not worry about the natural trump trick. Next problem, what if partner has ♥Jx and the ♠A? Even here winning the ACE can not hurt. Partner follows to the second round, but we get in and take our three tricks (1♦, 1♥, 1♣, 1♠), but down two is not going to be great, considering we have nine tricks in 3NT (6♦ and three side aces) if partner has that hand. But what if partner doesn't have the ♠ACE and I win teh first ♥ trick and continue ♥s playing for down three, but partner has 2♥'s. Is there any danger? Yes, you run teh risk of letting them "Escape" and make. What if partner has singleton or void in ♠, and two only ♥. East can be 7-2-2-2, or even 6-2-3-2 (what, your partners never preemtp on five card suits?). It is possible that if you fail to cash your ♣ACE when you win your ♥ACE he can play two rounds of ♠, ♥ king, ♦ ruff, ♥Q (pitch a ♣, ♥ ruff, ♠ to dummy and throw last losing ♣ away on the 13th ♥. So at imps, the defense is clear, cash ♣ACE (down one), then lead a ♥. Sure you might miss down three, but difference between +100 and +150 is not so big. At matchpoints, however, the difference between +100 versus +150 can be HUGE. I would have liked to have heard the entire auction before beat the farm on down three by returning a ♠. My gut tells me that down two when it could go down three will not be that bad... but letting it make when down one is possible would be a disaster. If the bidding went... (1♣)-3♦-4♠... Surely I will simply cash my ♣ACE.... If the bidding went (1♣)-3♦-(x)-4♦-(x)-P-4♠, surely I go for three trick set. In other words, is there any reason to suspect EAST has 7♠? My partner fools around with five card suit preemptive jump overcalls? Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trpltrbl Posted March 20, 2004 Report Share Posted March 20, 2004 Pd is overtaking and returning the ♥ jack only for 1 reason, he must be singleton in ♥, win return lowest ♥ and down 3 she goes. Mike :rolleyes: P.S. Bidding seem to be kinda goofy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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