Phil Posted October 13, 2010 Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 An interesting problem Fred had in the 1Q of the final today: [hv=d=w&v=b&n=sxxxhdkt6cakqt9xx&e=sk2hqxdaqj8xxxcxx]266|200|Scoring: IMPpass - 3N - pass - 4♣; All pass 3N was "gambling with an outside A or K". 4♣ is p/c[/hv] Partner leads the ♦9 and declarer plays small. Plan your defense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted October 13, 2010 Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 Overtake with the J, K♠, 2♠ if it holds. Now to look up the hand and see how stupid I look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayin801 Posted October 13, 2010 Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 Oof, that heart void is scary, but with the AK of hearts I would think 3NT would be left in, so I'm gonna (overtake and) try a trump to stop a pointed suit ruff that they might go for. That seems like the only place our tricks are likely to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooltuna Posted October 13, 2010 Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 An interesting problem Fred had in the 1Q of the final today: Dealer: West Vul: Both Scoring: IMP ♠ xxx ♥ [space] ♦ KT6 ♣ AKQT9xx doc/images/table.png ♠ K2 ♥ Qx ♦ AQJ8xxx ♣ xx pass - 3N - pass - 4♣; All pass 3N was "gambling with an outside A or K". 4♣ is p/c Partner leads the ♦9 and declarer plays small. Plan your defense.well my inclination is to win the J and fire back a trump to reduce ♦ ruff's in declarer's hand. With my usual luck when I lead a ♣ declarer discards <_< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W Kovacs Posted October 13, 2010 Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 Overtake with the J, K♠, 2♠ if it holds. This was my first inclination as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bid_em_up Posted October 13, 2010 Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 An interesting problem Fred had in the 1Q of the final today: Partner leads the ♦9 and declarer plays small. Plan your defense. Do you know if they play udca or standard carding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted October 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 An interesting problem Fred had in the 1Q of the final today: Partner leads the ♦9 and declarer plays small. Plan your defense. Do you know if they play udca or standard carding? Yes I think they play UDCA. Why do you think it matters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Phil Posted October 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2010 Perhaps this is not as interesting as I thought. :wacko: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanp Posted October 16, 2010 Report Share Posted October 16, 2010 I'd play the 8 of diamonds. If partner plays the ace and another spade, I'll go back to diamonds. If partner plays a low spade, I'll play the king and if it holds, return a low spade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted October 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2010 I'd play the 8 of diamonds. If partner plays the ace and another spade, I'll go back to diamonds. If partner plays a low spade, I'll play the king and if it holds, return a low spade. In your mind is the ♦8 - count (showing an odd#)?- attitude (stating that you can handle a spade shift)? - suit preference for spade? I have my own ideas, and I have a different reason for posting, but I'd like to let the discussion run in this direction for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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