Fluffy Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 [hv=pc=n&s=sa752ha2dkq52cj42&w=sk83hdajt83ckq963&d=e&v=b&b=10&a=3hdppp]266|200[/hv] 1: The ♦K is led on wich partner plays lowest spot and declarer ♦9 (std carding).2: Dummy plays ♦J partner playing low again and pitches ♣6 from hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoi5 Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 A club, of course? Maybe ♠A and a club? Never small spade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 The ♠A looks kind of obvious even though it probably doesn't matter if I play a club or a spade. If partner has four hearts, he probably doesn't have four spades. A layout I am concerned with is something like declarer having 2=6=1=4 and with partner holding some five card trump holding. It may get tricky if we play a club and declarer starts ramming diamonds through partner's trump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 I would be very surprised if RHO held only 6 hearts, given that he was red in first seat, and we hold the trump Ace...however, I suppose that there are opps who bid that way. Anyway.....a club switch works no matter what he holds....partner will win and return a spade...what else can he do? We now play another club...if opener held 4, then partner is ruffing, which is great, since not only is it a trick, but he is shortening his trumps, thus avoiding any coup position. As it is, I expect declarer to be 2=7=1=3, and partner will be returning a spade anyway. We then play a club...since we can't tell....and we don't care....opener has too many trump and not enough entries to pull off a coup...say he runs diamonds...he's pitching losers if he pitches, so he ruffs, crosses to the spade King and ruffs again, and exits the heart K. He still has more trump than partner, so we exit our left thumb (altho the right thumb works well if it isn't holding our small heart) and declarer is forced to ruff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Anyway.....a club switch works no matter what he holds....partner will win and return a spade...what else can he do? I assumed declarer had ♣Axxx, so the play would go as indicated in my post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 With 2=7=1=3, why would declarer play a diamond and pitch a club?I am worried that declarer is 4=7=1=1, so I would play a low spade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted April 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 wd Arend, only low spade defeats I think, partner has ♠Q10♥Kxxx♦xxx♣A10xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 Yes WD Arend. I admit I fell into FPS / TPS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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