inquiry Posted April 27, 2004 Report Share Posted April 27, 2004 Dealer: South Vul: None Scoring: MP ♠ 96 ♥ J742 ♦ A53 ♣ AQ93 ♠ K843 ♥ A ♦ JT986 ♣ J42 You are SOUTH, Dummy is EAST, and West is the declearer. T1. ♥K-♥2-♥A-♥3T2. ♦J-♦2-♦7-♦AT3. ♠6-♠3-♠Q-♠TT4. ♠2-♥9 West North East South - - - Pass 1♠ 3♥ Dbl Pass 4♠ Pass Pass Pass Ok, you are playing against a declarer of some modest skill. He eyed the ♠T for a little while before exiting with a small ♠ towards the dummy, and you partner, as expected, showed out. Plan your defense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted April 27, 2004 Report Share Posted April 27, 2004 What is the ♦7 when partner also has the 4? ok, anyway, if declares is 'modest', he probably would have played the ♦Q if he had it, so Lets think partner has that card, can´t see any defence that matters, except squeezes that I am unable to break and that declarer is probably missing. I am just a poor boy that believes this just another easy hand, I am taking the ♠9 and returning another ♦, yes, a bit poor defence for a problem. Oh! it was a problem! then I´ll return a ♣, maybe declarer messes things ducking with ♣Kx? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted April 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 What is the ♦7 when partner also has the 4? ok, anyway, if declares is 'modest', he probably would have played the ♦Q if he had it, so Lets think partner has that card, can´t see any defence that matters, except squeezes that I am unable to break and that declarer is probably missing. I am just a poor boy that believes this just another easy hand, I am taking the ♠9 and returning another ♦, yes, a bit poor defence for a problem. Oh! it was a problem! then I´ll return a ♣, maybe declarer messes things ducking with ♣Kx? Interesting start... wonder why no one else is picking up the ball? Maybe it is not a problem hand after all. Who knows? Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridgeboy Posted April 28, 2004 Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 I am inclined to place declarer with AQJxxxxKQxxxx He looked at the 10 S suspiciously because if it was a true card he can ruff the fourth D in dummy. Decided against it he drew one more of trumps. Now, if he sees all cards he can make 11 tricks by a club finesse and double squeeze. However, I think it is hard to put him offtrack, since you are a passed hand and showed up with 8 HCP. You probably dun figure to have the club K. If you can somehow convince him you have the King club, declarer could well go wrong by attempting to throw in you with the fourth D to lead into his AQ C. So, firstly I would take hold up the S K now. (unlikely you won't get it at the end) Just to see how declarer plays next. I think he would play a D back which will clarify the situation for me. If declarer concedes the S to me i will return a passive D and throw 1D and a SMALL club on the last 2 S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temp3600 Posted April 28, 2004 Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 Hello, A club return is crucial if declarer has a singleton, be it the K or a small card. Declarer is likely to have AQJxxx Tx KQxx x though, since he might have taken the diamond return in hand to unblock the clubs with the stiff K. Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted April 28, 2004 Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 Interesting start... wonder why no one else is picking up the ball? Maybe it is not a problem hand after all. Who knows? Ben Hi Ben! I am wondering also why nobody is posting anything on the hand I gave on the expert forum, maybe wrong forum?. Please go there and post something. Temp3600: ♣ return is crucial on that hand you posted only if our partner is dumb, ,declarer is going to play ♥10 and then partner has an easy ♣ return for breaking a show-up squeeze (if declarer ever counts ♥). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted April 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 Hi Ben! I am wondering also why nobody is posting anything on the hand I gave on the expert forum, maybe wrong forum?. Please go there and post something. I read that problem, but didn't post becasue I didn't see a clear winning line. Or even a good guesstimate. I do have some thoughts, so I will go post them now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted April 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 Ok.. from the lack of responses, this maybe either a non-problem or a non-interesting one, at least to forum members. So I will go ahead and answer it and explain what I believe you have to do and why. First for the hypothetical hand proposed by bridgeboy and a seperate one by temp3600. Did you notice that declearer with AQJxxx of spades took your partner's ♠T as honest. I mean to duck a ♠ could cost at trick if WEST had ♠Tx or ♠Txx. So if he had that either proposed hands, he would play to ruff the ♦ in dummy and two cards in his hand, then exit small ♠ at the end from ♠AJx, which you win, but then endplayed into leading a ♠ from your hand. Let's imagine the hand where he is 6-1-4-2.... After ♠Q wins, club hook, club, club ruff, ♦KQ, ♦ ruff, ♥ or ♣ ruff, exit small ♠. Swtching ♣ for ♥ hardly alters the play. As for singlton ♣K and ♦KQ. I think he would have won first ♦ in hand and unblocked. But he could always play to overtake the ♣K anyway (if he held four ♦ to the ♦KQ. The four ♦ theory also gives your parnter two singeltons, not impossible, of course. So, why is declearer ducking a ♠? He knows you have one ♥, and wants to give you your trump trick now. But why not lead a ♣ to dummy to repeat the ♣ hook in case your partner was being cute from ♠Tx? Because he can't afford to waste the club entry to dummy. Beginning to see the picture now? Declearer is setting up some sort of squeeze, perhaps. What if declearer has a perfectly normal hand? 6-2-3-2. What does he have for his bid? Spades we know, two small ♥ too. If ♣Kx, with ♦KQx he makes five. But what if he has ♣Kx and ♦Kxx? Certainly a reasonable hand. Now he is going to have a ♥-♣ squeeze on your partner after you win the ♠K. You can return a ♦ or a ♣ or a trump. He wins in hand, and runs his ♠. Your partner is a dead man. And, in fact, declearer will play simple squeeze as a double. You will have to quard ♦ and your partner ♥ so neither of you could keep a fourth club to stop the dummy's fourth club. So Free got it right for the wrong reason perhaps (imho). The correct play is to duck the ♠9. In dummy, declearer has to screw up his own squeeze chances with his next lead. If he leads a ♥ you get your three tricks. If he leads a ♣, when you do win your ♠ (correcting the count), you exit a ♣ killing the entry to the dummy, and if he enters his hand with a ♦, when you win your ♠K you simply cash your ♦ winner. Seems fairly "clear" squeeze defense to me (as if squeeze defense when you are protecting your partner and trying to mess up declearer's entry conditions is ever easy). This wasn't matchpoints, but I was the only declearer to make 11 tricks (well one other did after silly defense), but as a matchpoint problem, this would become a very interesting defensive hand imo. So what do you think, interesting r not? Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trpltrbl Posted April 29, 2004 Report Share Posted April 29, 2004 Guess my pd has a more honest face then me, but who doesn't hehehe. Ducking the ♠ to dummy is putting a lot of trust in my pd and I am the one that supposed to trust him, not my opps :( SO I will duck the ♠9, let declarer break up his own squeeze.Will teach him, to think my pd is honest. Mike :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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