Phil Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 [hv=d=s&v=n&n=sk6h873dk73ckjt83&e=s4hajt62dqt42c762]266|200|Scoring: MP[/hv] 1♠ - 1N - 2♠ - 3♠ - 4♠ Pard leads the ♥4 (4th) and your Ace drops declarer's K. Over to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awm Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 I'd just continue hearts. If partner has something like ♠Qxxx and club ace, this might even beat the hand. It's certainly possible that we need to switch to diamonds in order to get our diamond tricks, but I don't see a compelling reason that this is more likely than the above construction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sathyab Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 I'm switching to a ♦. If declarer's trumps are only as good as AJTxxx, the danger is that declarer may have ♣Axx. Partner has to cash out in this situation when he gets his last trump trick instead of continuing a forcing defense then. But alternatively if declarer's trumps are really good, he may pull trumps and KO partner's club stopper when he still has the ♦K entry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 Even if declarer has ♦AJ9x diamond return doesn't cost a trick since he can discard at least 1 diamond in dummy's clubs whatever he's got. I said the above just so this is not a 1 liner post, because I thinkadam and sathy said almost everythng already. I would lead a heart at the table, but feel inclined to lead a diamond because it is a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codo Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 on-liner: Agree with Gonzalo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted March 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 The tap was best by a mile. Declarer held: QJT9xx, K, AJxx, Qx. I shifted to a diamond. I needed to think about this more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sathyab Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 The tap was best by a mile. Declarer held: QJT9xx, K, AJxx, Qx. I shifted to a diamond. I needed to think about this more.This hand is nearly the same strength and shape I had in mind for the ♦ shift, ♠AQJxxx ♥K ♦Jxxx ♣Qx. But I think the hand declarer actually held looks like a better one to accept the invite than the one I imagined, as ♦Jxxx could easily be weak point. A lot of players would bid 4♠ with ♠QJTxxx ♥K ♦AJxx ♣Qx, but not sure how many would pass with ♠AQJxxx ♥K ♦Jxxx ♣Qx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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