Cyberyeti Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 [hv=d=s&v=n&n=sak7hqdak953cq765&s=sq92hak102d8ck9843]133|200|Scoring: IMP[/hv] Auction unopposed: 1♣-2♦(rock crushing one suiter or GF, 5+ good ♦, 4+ decent ♣)2♥-2♠(confirming the ♦/♣ type, spade feature)3♣-4♦(RKCB)4N-6♣ Opening lead is the 2♦, you play the A and E drops the Q, opps play 4th highest leads, which hand are you going to play the trumps from and why ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 South, unless East is a really good player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted March 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 South, unless East is a really good player. Not a really good player, but somebody who's probably read books recently. This was a first team county match against Cambridge University. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 read them or not he would have had to play it very fast and I would trust it, ♠Q+♣ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 read them or not he would have had to play it very fast and I would trust it, ♠Q+♣ Hehe a variation of the colour coup :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted March 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 read them or not he would have had to play it very fast and I would trust it, ♠Q+♣ Do you really think this play is difficult ? I'm a decent national standard player but well off being an international, and I'd be very disappointed if I didn't play the Q in tempo from QJ107xx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 everyone plays the queen from QJ10xxx the problem is playing the queen from Q10xx leading dummy's suit is far from standard, and I expect LHO to be searching for partner's ruff, this puts him with ♣A singleton often, also often with singleton J/10, not to mention ♣Ax with 6 diamonds (unlikelly, but why not?) I haven't though this very deeply, but my experience on this type of guessing: your first instict/intuition is the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanp Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 LHO will never lead a diamond on this auction from Jxx, or from xxx for that matter. Diamond 2 from J10xxxx with the club ace is quite possible, as is a singleton without the club ace (singleton with the club ace seems like a very poor choice). Given that LHO did not overcall I think it is clear to play him for a singleton. I will play a low club from dummy. If RHO hops the ace and returns a diamond I will ruff high and hope clubs split 2-2. If RHO plays the 10 or J at trick 2 I will later finesse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted March 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 LHO will never lead a diamond on this auction from Jxx, or from xxx for that matter. Diamond 2 from J10xxxx with the club ace is quite possible, as is a singleton without the club ace (singleton with the club ace seems like a very poor choice). Given that LHO did not overcall I think it is clear to play him for a singleton. I will play a low club from dummy. If RHO hops the ace and returns a diamond I will ruff high and hope clubs split 2-2. If RHO plays the 10 or J at trick 2 I will later finesse. My sort of feeling is what your first paragraph says, a diamond would never be led from 2, 3 or 4, and that the leader would have 1, 5 or 6. I sat here and watched my partner play it, but I think I'd have done things the opposite way to him, will canvass some more opinions before I reveal what was going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanp Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 Diamond length without the club ace would be strange (partner didn't double) and with the club ace it would be an overcall. I'm still going with 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted March 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 No recent traffic so I'll reveal what was going on. The lead of the 2 was indeed from J10xxxx with a stiff ace of clubs. Congratulations to anybody who crossed to hand to lead a club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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