Cyberyeti Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 Both of these occurred last night on consecutive boards, teams in an indifferent club field. Adv/exp pls hide your answers. You are E on both, and in the defensive hotseat, note declarer is N on the second one. 1. N deals, opens 1N (12-14), you double, S bids 2♥ natural ending the auction. Partner leads J♦ showing the 10 or singleton/doubleton, this goes K A 3, what do you do at trick 2 ? [hv=pc=n&n=sq82hj83dk9caq743&e=sak95ha6daq85ct85]266|200[/hv] 2. The auction on this board is complete nonsense, you deal and open 2♦-(X)-3♦-(3N) but suffice it to say that you've shown 4 or more diamonds and 0-10 points, partner has shown any hand with 5 diamonds or a weak no trump type hand with 4 diamonds, and declarer having had to guess, may not have as much strength as he would like when he sees dummy. [hv=pc=n&s=sat652hqjt5dqck32&e=s98h986dj642caqt4]266|200[/hv] You lead the 2♦ - Q - A - 7, partner returns the 3♦ (showing exactly 4 to start with) - 10 - J - 2♠, what do you do at trick 3 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiddity Posted November 20, 2011 Report Share Posted November 20, 2011 1. I'm not sure about this one. We might have a third trick in spades as long as declarer breaks the suit (if declarer has Txx for example). We might have a promotable trump trick if partner has ♥Qx and three spades. We might have another diamond trick by drawing trumps. And the clubs in dummy are dangerous - if we try ace and a heart and declarer has the KQ he can win in hand, set up the clubs, and he still has the ♥J as a dummy entry. Maybe it's best to play the ♠K and then lead a diamond back to partner so he can decide how to proceed.. but it still risks blowing a trick if partner has ♥Qxx and we could have drawn trumps. 2. ♣Q seems clear, setting up at least 2 club tricks when partner gets in. If declarer ducks we'll have an interesting decision on the second round. I wonder if partner will know to signal count. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted November 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 2. ♣Q seems clear, setting up at least 2 club tricks when partner gets in. If declarer ducks we'll have an interesting decision on the second round. I wonder if partner will know to signal count.Partner plays the 6 on your Q♣ (which holds) which will be count (hi-lo even) and declarer plays the 7, now what ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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