Antrax Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 Matchpoints[hv=pc=n&s=sa653hq4daqct8653&d=e&v=n&b=2&a=1c(3+)p1d(no%20five-card%20major)p1hp1sp1nppp]133|200[/hv]What is the plan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mich-b Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 Does RHO's 1♥ show an unbalanced hand? assuming the answer is "no" , and his bidding is consistent with 3433 , I would lead a ♣. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antrax Posted February 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 The answer is indeed "no" - it just shows 4 hearts. He could be 4-4-3-2 or 4-3-3-3, probably not anything else (they seemed the sort that would rebid 2♣ on 5-4-2-2 because it's imbalanced) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 i have a long suit and a lot of entries, i am leading my longest suit, ♣ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 Opponents might have more clubs than us, but at least we won;t normally give away any trick with clubs so I would lead one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antrax Posted February 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 Thanks. That was my reasoning (figuring declarer could be 4-3-3-3), I was wondering how other players managed to hold it to 1NT=The full diagram:[hv=pc=n&s=sa653hq4daqct8653&w=sqt92h952dk92cq94&n=sk8hjt73dt6543ck2&e=sj74hak86dj87caj7]399|300[/hv]No clue how we can hold declarer to under 9 tricks when he tackles diamonds before spades, yet most tables managed to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BunnyGo Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 Your diagram isn't loading for some reason. I too would lead a club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antrax Posted February 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 Thanks, I think the spoiler tags broke it. Since a club seems to have been the right choice, no point in spoilering, there's no big reveal, just bad luck or suboptimal defense after the lead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecalm Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 Why would he tackle diamonds before spades ?Spades are his suit, natural play is to play them, playing diamonds could be -1/-2 in no time if A♦ is off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antrax Posted February 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 Beats me, but that's how the hand played out. Club to K and A, diamond (I hop with the ace), club won in hand, spade to partner's K, partner looks for me with a heart but declarer plays the A, continues spades, I hold up a bit to get a signal from partner, win the A, continue club, dummy wins, heart to K dropping my Q, diamond to K dropping my Q, diamond to J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vampyr Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 Why would he tackle diamonds before spades ? Yes, this is what I was thinking -- seems bizarre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wank Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 been mulling it over for the last 2 weeks evidently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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