eyhung Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Playing in a Swiss with mediocre opponents and good partner/teammates: [hv=d=w&v=n&n=sa2hqjtd9642cakq3&e=st63hak8754dj3cj9]266|200|Scoring: IMP[/hv] The bidding goes: P 1NT (15-17) 2H (natural) 2SAll Pass Partner leads the H9 (standard leads, low from three small). You win and declarer follows with the 2. How do you continue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrdct Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 It looks like I might need to switch to the ♦J now if my side is going to get 6 defensive tricks and I just need to hope that partner's ♥ ruff can wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Agree. Make sure you take the ♥KING 1st trick, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 ♥K, ♦J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 if it wasn't a problem I'd probably cash ♥A first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 that's risky because you may need to take diamond tricks before playing the hearts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanp Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 It's also risky because partner might need a heart ruff, for example if partner has Kx 9x AQ10x xxxxx and declarer QJ98xx xx Kxx xx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyhung Posted July 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 Good, glad to see I wasn't completely bonkers. I led the DJ, partner had: K9x 9 AK75 xxxxx After declarer covered the jack, partner then was faced with a problem of how to get me back in to score his heart ruff. I could have J(x) or JT(x). He guessed to underlead the ace, thinking I might have led the x from Jx. I didn't think this was a situation for a sexy doubleton honor underlead -- my feeling is that if partner has a vulnerable diamond holding like KQxx then declarer is probably making. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 ♦J switchers will blame partner for not leading diamond ace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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