Phil Posted September 13, 2010 Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 [hv=d=s&n=sj96haq732da72ca4&w=sht9854dkj5cq9832]266|200|Scoring: IMPDealer is South 1N - 2♣ (!)2♠ - 4N5♠ - 6N South (a friendly pro) volunteers they don't have any agreements about 4N. You lead the ♥10, 2, K, 6. Pard shifts to the ♠5. Declarer wins the A and fires four more spades at you. Pard started with ♠T87542, and pitches the 4 and 7. Plan your discards. Dummy sheds a diamond on the 4th spade. [/hv]. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOGIC Posted September 13, 2010 Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 Before answering, can we count on partner to have signalled here or are we on our own? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOGIC Posted September 13, 2010 Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 I only asked that so I didn't get gnashered :P Now that I look at the hand, pitching 2 clubs a diamond and a heart guarantees the set imo unless declarer has QT98 of diamonds and KJx of clubs in which case I can't do anything, anything else gets me progressive squeezed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted September 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 I only asked that so I didn't get gnashered :P Now that I look at the hand, pitching 2 clubs a diamond and a heart guarantees the set imo unless declarer has QT98 of diamonds and KJx of clubs in which case I can't do anything, anything else gets me progressive squeezed. Well, I'm your pard, so I hope so. Later I'll give you my hand and tell me if there is something more I can do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlson Posted September 13, 2010 Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 I only asked that so I didn't get gnashered :P Now that I look at the hand, pitching 2 clubs a diamond and a heart guarantees the set imo unless declarer has QT98 of diamonds and KJx of clubs in which case I can't do anything, anything else gets me progressive squeezed. That's nice, what do you pitch on the fifth spade? edited out random stuff that was vaguely relevant when declarer seemed to have 5 spades Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOGIC Posted September 13, 2010 Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 That's nice, what do you pitch on the fifth spade? ?! Partner has 6 and dummy has 3 so I'm playing declarer for 4 spades! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlson Posted September 13, 2010 Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 Sorry, I was concentrating on "wins the ♠A and fires four more spades at you." Seemed plausible to me. I didn't read partner's original holding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOGIC Posted September 13, 2010 Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 I only asked that so I didn't get gnashered :P Now that I look at the hand, pitching 2 clubs a diamond and a heart guarantees the set imo unless declarer has QT98 of diamonds and KJx of clubs in which case I can't do anything, anything else gets me progressive squeezed. Well, I'm your pard, so I hope so. Later I'll give you my hand and tell me if there is something more I can do. As usual signalling is irrelevant on this hand since we have a virtually guaranteed set heh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted September 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 Sorry, I was concentrating on "wins the ♠A and fires four more spades at you." Seemed plausible to me. I didn't read partner's original holding. My bad - but the diagram is pretty clear about partner's spade holding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch Posted September 13, 2010 Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 Unless I'm missing something, this is the 'standard' defence to a progressive squeeze: you let dummy's suit go, otherwise you will get squeezed again on the suit you unguard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOGIC Posted September 13, 2010 Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 Unless I'm missing something, this is the 'standard' defence to a progressive squeeze: you let dummy's suit go, otherwise you will get squeezed again on the suit you unguard. yup I agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonottawa Posted September 13, 2010 Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 Wow, I learned something today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted September 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 [hv=n=sjxxhaqxxxdaxxcax&w=sht98xxdkjxcq98xx&e=st8xxxxhkdtxxxctx&s=sakqxhjxdqxxckjxx]399|300|[/hv] Yes - this is the kind of ending that you read about in Love or Kelsey but rarely see at the table. Pitching a heart is the winning play. As long as pard can beat dummy's 2nd diamond, we have a beat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooltuna Posted September 13, 2010 Report Share Posted September 13, 2010 I assume you mean three more ♠ for a total of 4 discards? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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