kgr Posted May 21, 2009 Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 (edited) [hv=d=n&n=sxxxhqxxdaxcaqt9x&s=sqjxxhaxxxdkjt9c8]133|200|Scoring: MP[/hv]1♣-(2♣!)-DBL-(2♦!!)P-(P)-DBL-(P)3♣-(p)-3NT-All Pass 2♣=Majors, 4-4 or better and strength like an overcallDBL=Not really discussed with new partner. You hoped that it would suggest a penalty DBL in the next round.2♦=prefer Diamonds 1. LHO leads ♠8 which runs to your ♠J, 2. You now play ♦J which holds3. and a ♦ to ♦A in dummy4. Small ♠ from dummy taken by RHO with the ♠K. LHO started with 2 card ♠5. RHO plays ♣7 for your ♣8 and small ♣ by LHO. Suppose you take ♣9 in dummy. Do you agree with play up to here and how to continue from here?All players at the table are OK, but no experts.[hv=d=n&n=sxxxhqxxdaxcaqt9x&s=sqjxxhaxxxdkjt9c8]133|200|Scoring: MP[/hv] Edited May 21, 2009 by kgr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonottawa Posted May 21, 2009 Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 How did I get from step 2 to step 3? I'm not in dummy after step 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgr Posted May 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 How did I get from step 2 to step 3? I'm not in dummy after step 2. Thank you, corrected the post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted May 21, 2009 Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 I'll play LHO for ♣K and RHO for ♥K. LHO is presumably 2254 or 2155 - I may have to guess which. I play another spade. RHO will win and play another one, bringing me down to four hearts and two diamonds opposite three hearts and three clubs. If LHO now has only one heart, I play ♥A, ♦K, diamond to endplay him. If LHO has two hearts, two diamonds and two clubs left, I duck a heart, win the continuation, and endplay him as above. If LHO has two hearts, three diamonds and one club left, I try to duck a heart to East. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonottawa Posted May 21, 2009 Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 It's a messy hand and I'm not sure what's right but I'd have run the ♣8 at trick 2. While W surely has the ♦ length you can only take 4 ♦ tricks if the ♦Q is with shortness and going after ♦ feels like I'm attacking my own communications. I'd also want to know more about their system. Does 2♣ deny a hand that would make a normal takeout double? Does it promise (or strongly suggest) 5-4 or better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgr Posted May 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 Does 2♣ deny a hand that would make a normal takeout double? Yes, they would DBL with a normal take-out DBL Does it promise (or strongly suggest) 5-4 or better?No, they will bid all reasonable 4-4 major hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgr Posted May 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2009 I'll play LHO for ♣K and RHO for ♥K. LHO is presumably 2254 or 2155 - I may have to guess which. I play another spade. RHO will win and play another one, bringing me down to four hearts and two diamonds opposite three hearts and three clubs. If LHO now has only one heart, I play ♥A, ♦K, diamond to endplay him. If LHO has two hearts, two diamonds and two clubs left, I duck a heart, win the continuation, and endplay him as above. If LHO has two hearts, three diamonds and one club left, I try to duck a heart to East. LHO was 2254.I errored by cashing ♣A before playing another ♠. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted May 22, 2009 Report Share Posted May 22, 2009 LHO was 2254.I errored by cashing ♣A before playing another ♠. He could probably still defeat you by throwing clubs. Have you noticed what a good play it was for RHO to switch to clubs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgr Posted May 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 Have you noticed what a good play it was for RHO to switch to clubs?Maybe he had better played another ♠ before playing the ♣. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceeb Posted May 25, 2009 Report Share Posted May 25, 2009 I'll play LHO for ♣K and RHO for ♥K. LHO is presumably 2254 or 2155 - I may have to guess which. I play another spade. RHO will win and play another one, bringing me down to four hearts and two diamonds opposite three hearts and three clubs. If LHO now has only one heart, I play ♥A, ♦K, diamond to endplay him. If LHO has two hearts, two diamonds and two clubs left, I duck a heart, win the continuation, and endplay him as above.Cannot West profitably refuse to win the last ♦? If RHO is 4522 then ♣A, ♠ works. If RHO is 4423 I don't see any hope but ♥KJ109. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted May 25, 2009 Report Share Posted May 25, 2009 Cannot West profitably refuse to win the last ♦?That's true. If RHO is 4522 then ♣A, ♠ works.How? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceeb Posted May 25, 2009 Report Share Posted May 25, 2009 If RHO is 4522 then ♣A, ♠ works.How?To be honest I had in mind your same line -- ♥A then ♦'s. That's tired because LHO can discard clubs on the spades and have enough cashing tricks to beat me. But after winning the 4th round of ♠ the remaining cards are [hv=n=shqxxdcq10&w=sh10dqxxck&e=shkj9xxdc&s=shaxxdk10c]399|300|[/hv] so I'll try a low ♥. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted May 25, 2009 Report Share Posted May 25, 2009 So the line kgr played at the table was correct after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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