mink Posted June 8, 2003 Report Share Posted June 8, 2003 Bidding goes:[pre]West North East South 2D (Wilcozs)- 2S 3D passpass Dbl pass 3Spass pass 4H passpass 4S all pass[/pre]First double was asked, but opp explained the 2D bid again ("5-5 7-11") You are sitting East with[pre]K 9A Q J 7 2K Q 9 7 4 3-[/pre]What is your lead? Answer will be posted later. Karl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mink Posted June 9, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2003 Nobody any idea? :-) I lead DK. The following dummy appeared:[pre]Q 8 7 6 310 88K J 7 3 2[/pre]East gave D6, and North won with DA. He continued with DJ. What do you do now? To be continued Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codo Posted June 9, 2003 Report Share Posted June 9, 2003 1. Diamond King 2. Diamond Queen Seems to be so obvious that it must be wrong.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted June 10, 2003 Report Share Posted June 10, 2003 Don't like this much as it appears that a losing H is about to be discarded on a D. If declarer has the SA I think you are history. After you cover he will cross to the A and play the DT. Best line seems to be to hope that declarer has the CA and not the SA. If pd has 3S you have it beat with a ruff, A & K of S and a H. Danger hands are if declarer has 4 or 5S as now you will only take a ruff, A of S and a HIf he comes off the board with a C, ruff this, (with the K to maximise the beat and make sure pd is not asleep if he does have Axx of S; you don't want him to duck the K of S), and put pd in with the A of S for him to lead a H through the K. Is it possible on this bidding that declarer has 5S eg something like JxxxxKxAJTAQx or say a H more and a C less. Hard to know unless you know their agreements over 2D. Anyway the above is my line, but I need to know with what he is going to come of the board and what cards my partner has played to all this. This scenario is unlikely though, as with the above shown hand declarer should not bid 2S playing Wilcozs. This is much more a 3D bid. Also how competent is declarer? If declarer is a poor player and takes a S hook, he has just grosvenored me as I am playing a S back because if he is about to pitch a losing H, no sane declarer would play that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mink Posted June 11, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2003 Contract North 4 Spade.This was the complete deal:[pre] A 10 4 K 5 A J 10 2 Q 10 6 5J 5 2 K 99 6 4 3 A Q J 7 26 5 K Q 9 7 4 3A 9 8 4 - Q 8 7 6 3 10 8 8 K J 7 3 2[/pre]Trick 1: East: Diamond K 8 6 ATrick 2: North: Diamond J 2 H8 5Clearly it was not very clever of me to duck here.Trick 3: North: Spade A 9 3 2Trick 4: North: Spade 4 K 5 6This was my 3rd opportunity to set the contract by giving my partner a Diamond ruff. But I played it most badly by cashing HA and exiting with HQ. Sorry Partner. DF-Analysis shows that declarer is home after the first lead if he continiues with S4 in Trick 2 or 3. But - surprise - there is one first lead that leaves the declarer helpless. Can you see now which one that is? To be continued Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codo Posted June 11, 2003 Report Share Posted June 11, 2003 Hi Karl, I thought that double dummy two cards will win for the defence:Both spades will give you a spade, a club and 2 Hearts if both of you defend "perfect". Kind Regards Roland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtewari Posted June 11, 2003 Report Share Posted June 11, 2003 Only spade king will work. As on spade nine, declarer can win the queen and duck a spade back to u and u are agin endplayed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mink Posted June 13, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2003 Rajeshwar is right: only SK sets the contract provided that the declarer plays the best line. Amazing, isn't it? I cannot think of how I should have found that at the table. Karl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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