gwnn Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 [hv=pc=n&s=saqt93h752d62ck62&n=s72hakj6dak983cq5&d=e&v=b&b=10&a=ppp1d2c2sp3c(*)d3n(should%20have%20passed)p4sppp]266|200[/hv] T1: small club to the 8 from E and K from S.T2: club back, taken by E, west showing a doubleton.T3: ♦J by E. What do you play? MP's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billw55 Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 I don't quite understand the auction. Presumably 3♣ was looking for 3NT, so why should south have passed instead, and why did north pull from it? Or was 3♣ something else, and if so, what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 Maybe "should have passed" refers to the previous round of bidding? The explanation "*" for the alerted 3♣ is not very helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted January 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 I think 3NT should have a 2x stop. 3C is not natural but it shows/denies no more than that. hence the *. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted January 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 And 3NT was in tempo. Anyone up for a play problem?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgoetze Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 If East is not being excessively clever then West has the ♦Q, leaving East with all the remaining 12HCP for his 2-level vulnerable overcall on a poor 6-card suit. I'll just play a spade to the ten, heart to the ace, repeat spade finesse, finish drawing trump, and hope for diamonds 3-3 as my best chance at an overtrick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jogs Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 And 3NT was in tempo. Anyone up for a play problem?? What does "under-thinking" refer to? Didn't like East double of 3♣. South could have redoubled.Then 3NT by North would have two club stoppers if East leads clubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiddity Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 I expected a third club to come back for West to ruff; this switch to ♦J looks like a stiff. I think I would play a spade to the Q. This wins when East is 2416 (pull East's trumps and play a diamond up). If East is 3316 I can fall back on the heart finesse. I think it's barely possible for East to hold KJx xxx J AJT98x. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted January 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 What does "under-thinking" refer to? Didn't like East double of 3♣. South could have redoubled.Then 3NT by North would have two club stoppers if East leads clubs.You're quite right, I just forgot about this completely at the table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 I think it's better to play ♣Q at trick one. After East wins his ace, if he plays back a diamond, we can do something like spade finesse, ♠A, diamond to the 9. Or we might try ♣K, club, hoping that East has ♠8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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