Antrax Posted September 19, 2011 Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 Matchpoints, EW vul. N deals and passes, and the auction goes 1NT-(p)-4NT-(p). You decide if partner was interested in aces and not the general strength he'd have bid gerber, and pass. S leads the ♥T and you see this dummy:[hv=pc=n&w=saq4hk5dk42ck7642&e=st832haq2daj96cat]266|100[/hv]How do you go about the hand? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoi5 Posted September 19, 2011 Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 I'd win at the table and try a club to the ten. If this loses and a heart comes back, I now try the spade finesse after unblocking the ♣A. If this loses and another heart comes back, I'd start to sweat. A small spade to the table and if the Jack doesn't appear or clubs are not 3-3 I suppose I'd finesse diamonds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antrax Posted September 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 That's exactly the line I took (except I got the diamond finesse for free after losing the ♣T to the Q). Clubs weren't breaking and the spade finesse was wrong, but spades were 3-3 and so were the diamonds, with ♦Q onside. I was wondering if I'm such an amazing declarer, if the defense was that bad, or if my line was inferior and I got lucky, since most of the field were in 3/4 minus 1/2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted September 19, 2011 Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 Your partner certainly thinks that you are an amazing declarer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antrax Posted September 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 Heh. This time, it was a case of "but I had a five-card suit!" :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted September 19, 2011 Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 That's actually a good argument. With 30 HCP between you a 5-card suit can make a big difference. Without the 5-card suit it would have been way too much. Now it's quite aggressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted September 19, 2011 Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 Can I mention Justin Lall's blog on the B/I forum? His blog just had a nice article on puppet stayman in which he talks about how he deals with 5332 slam tries (the 5-card suit being a minor). Google for Justin Lall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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