is there a right and wrong?

[Codo]

[hv=d=e&v=n&n=skjhj863dakj854cj&s=s97hakq754d7c9874]133|200|Scoring: IMP[/hv]

 

The bidding:

 

RHO you LHO Partner

pass 3 ♥ X 4♦

pass 4 ♥ pass pass

4 ♠ pass pass 5 Heart

 

You play in a knock out, opps and partner are world class. The opps even earned money at the cavendish, partner had a medal from a World Chamionship.

You are me, so you are not at thsi standard.

You guess that you have lost your half time lead, but it is close.

 

Scenario A: LHO leads the ace of clubs and return a low spade, you play the...?

 

Scenario B: RHO inquired you about the 4 ♦ bid (no agreement) and LHO needs about 3 Minutes before he leads a spade at trick two.

 

If you cares: On the ace of clubs RHO gives a small one. Usually they give count.

I did not ask whether they would give Lavintahl with a singelton at the table. Even if, I would not care about their signal here.

 

Hint: The spade honours are divided. :D

[gnasher]

I play the king both times. RHO wasn't enthusiastic about bidding 4♠, was apparently happy to see us in 4♦, but didn't want to double it. All of those suggest that ♠A is on the left.

 

In your second scenario, the question reinforces the inference about RHO's liking for 4♦, and LHO's pause suggests that he's worried about losing ♠A when RHO has a trump trick.

[Free]

KK

[jjbrr]

I don't think RHO really cares about diamonds. What sort of hand does he have? 5♠ seems likely. Also 5♦? Would he really ask about the ♦ bid with Qxxx? Would LHO make a takeout double with a stiff ♦?

 

I guess lefty has like AKQxxx of ♣ and Qxxx of ♠, though it may just be the case that RHO didn't want to bid 4♠ and get doubled if 4♦ was to play or something since it isn't game yet.

 

I guess this mostly suggests popping K, but it seems pretty random.

[Fluffy]

I vote Jack-King to be sure I guess 50% of the time :lol:

 

I don't have any strong inferences, I think the defence is automatic with ♠Q and only with heart shortness it might be wrong to do it with ♠A.

[Pict]

KK

 

IMO he is thinking (case 2) about the impossibility of beating it.

 

Case 1 he is a bit quicker thinking.

[Bbradley62]

I guess lefty has like AKQxxx of ♣ and Qxxx of ♠, though it may just be the case that RHO didn't want to bid 4♠ and get doubled if 4♦ was to play or something since it isn't game yet.

 

I guess this mostly suggests popping K, but it seems pretty random.

I don't understand. If you guess lefty has like AKQxxx of ♣ and Qxxx of ♠, why aren't you playing the J?

[OleBerg]

KK

Raise

[jjbrr]

I guess lefty has like AKQxxx of ♣ and Qxxx of ♠, though it may just be the case that RHO didn't want to bid 4♠ and get doubled if 4♦ was to play or something since it isn't game yet.

 

I guess this mostly suggests popping K, but it seems pretty random.

I don't understand. If you guess lefty has like AKQxxx of ♣ and Qxxx of ♠, why aren't you playing the J?

Because while AKQxxx Qxxx is a possible hand, just based on HCP it's more likely lho has the ♠A

[Codo]

I guess lefty has like AKQxxx of ♣ and Qxxx of ♠,

Impressive.

Correct layout.

 

I played the king and failed.