the hog Posted October 4, 2004 Report Share Posted October 4, 2004 Imps, not that it matters. The opps are playing a 14-16NT You holdxTxxxxxxxAQxx The bidding(1N) P (2C) P(2S) P (4S) all pass Pd leads the T of S and the following dummy appears AxxxxQJxxxxKx Declarer wins the K of S, plays a S to the A, (partner follows with the 7) , and takes a losing H finesse. Partner switches to the CT. You win the Q of C and....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flytoox Posted October 4, 2004 Report Share Posted October 4, 2004 I would take a simple line. Cashing club ace, look at the card pd play. If he discard a high card unnecessary, then I will return h, hoping pd can ruff. Pd should not have D ace if he is a good player, otherwise he should case it before play C Ten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted October 4, 2004 Report Share Posted October 4, 2004 I would play the same way, but look... it is a problem hehe. Declarer has 3-5 HCP in ♦, partner has a trump left, that means the setting trick might come from either red suit. It would be very rare that declarer played this risky way with ♥Axx, so playing ♣A+♦ looks right. If we had ♥9 we could try a safe ♥ lead at this moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted October 4, 2004 Report Share Posted October 4, 2004 I looked only a few secs into this problem, so I prolly have got wrong, but why not a heart anyway? If pard can't ruff, hearts are 5422 and declarer won't get any useful discard on the 5th heart. The problem with a club is setting up a few club tricks for declarer, which might prove useful to disc hearts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flytoox Posted October 4, 2004 Report Share Posted October 4, 2004 I looked only a few secs into this problem, so I prolly have got wrong, but why not a heart anyway? If pard can't ruff, hearts are 5422 and declarer won't get any useful discard on the 5th heart. The problem with a club is setting up a few club tricks for declarer, which might prove useful to disc hearts. I think he will play dummy, and doesnt need club trick. His h is good now. This question is actually a bit strange if declarer plays correctly. Pd shoul not have small trumps otherwise declarer should clear it before finessing H. Declarer looks like to have 5233 or 5332. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted October 4, 2004 Report Share Posted October 4, 2004 Hum.. 5-card spade? That's a good point, and indeed the hints are towards it. In that case a cash out is necessary. Club ace and diam to pard's ace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helium Posted October 4, 2004 Report Share Posted October 4, 2004 same as fluffy, ace of club and a dimond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted October 4, 2004 Report Share Posted October 4, 2004 Silly me... I cash the club ACE and take a look at my partners club. If he wants a heart ruff, he will play an aweful big one here. I suspect that declarer has a doubleton heart if he really left a trump out. But I can count his tricks now... 5S, 1C, 2H (Ace and JACK in dummy), and two heart ruffs, or one heart ruff and the long heart (same difference after ruffing one). So if he has the diamond ace he will make (baring a heart ruff by partner). So the defense seems clear to me.. let partner direct me. I am no hero... Partner will look into his hand, see rather he has diamond ACE or more importantly, another spade and no more hearts, and he will tell me what to do IF WE CAN BEAT IT, when I cash my club ACE. Did declarer misplay? Don't care... I will do the best I can do... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritTim Posted October 5, 2004 Report Share Posted October 5, 2004 Frankly, if declarer is competent, the hand makes little sense. Assume declarer holds ♠KQJxx ♥Ax ♦KQx ♣Jxx. Wouldn't he try a diamond towards hand in place of an immediate heart finesse? It would seem right even with ♦KJx. If, instead, he has ♥Axx and ♦Axx, he should play ♥A and low towards table. On the other hand, if partner has ♦A, I would have expected him to cash it here. So what are we missing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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