pclayton Posted January 5, 2005 Report Share Posted January 5, 2005 [hv=d=e&v=b&w=shq8dakqxxxxc7xxx&s=st87ha953dt98xct3]266|200|Scoring: MP[/hv] 3♦ on left, 3N on right. You try the A♥ (agree?) which gets the 8, 4, 6. UDCA. Now what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke warm Posted January 5, 2005 Report Share Posted January 5, 2005 ♥9 cause i can see no hope other than partner having 5 to the king... his play of the 4 showed 5 cards (i'm hoping), but that means rho bid 3nt with Jx in hearts? doesn't seem possible... i'm sticking with the 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted January 5, 2005 Report Share Posted January 5, 2005 I can see a hope of partner having AKQ long in clubs, but I am happy if I can get rid of dumy's entrty quick anyway, so more ♥. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted January 5, 2005 Report Share Posted January 5, 2005 ♥ for the same reason as Fluffy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted January 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2005 Yup; heart continuation works best; pard did have the stiff J♦. A spade is death, and a club accomplishes nothing. And a heart can strike gold, especially if declarer is hiding the ♥2. I continued the heart, which held declarer to 9 tricks. We got all of a 35% board for this nice defense :blink: . And Jimmy; no reason for the ♥9; what if you hit pard with JT4? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted January 5, 2005 Report Share Posted January 5, 2005 Another great post Phil. Knocking out dummy entries is such a good lesson to repeat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flytoox Posted January 5, 2005 Report Share Posted January 5, 2005 And Jimmy; no reason for the ♥9; what if you hit pard with JT4? This is unlikely. IF pd is short in D and H, he may do sth about spade. Furthermore with JTx, he should throw J if playing udca. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted January 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2005 And Jimmy; no reason for the ♥9; what if you hit pard with JT4? This is unlikely. IF pd is short in D and H, he may do sth about spade. Furthermore with JTx, he should throw J if playing udca. Perhaps, but whats the point of leading the 9? It gives the wrong count and might blow a trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke warm Posted January 6, 2005 Report Share Posted January 6, 2005 Yup; heart continuation works best; pard did have the stiff J♦. A spade is death, and a club accomplishes nothing. And a heart can strike gold, especially if declarer is hiding the ♥2. I continued the heart, which held declarer to 9 tricks. We got all of a 35% board for this nice defense :P . And Jimmy; no reason for the ♥9; what if you hit pard with JT4? yeah, but i was unblocking :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted January 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2005 Yup; heart continuation works best; pard did have the stiff J♦. A spade is death, and a club accomplishes nothing. And a heart can strike gold, especially if declarer is hiding the ♥2. I continued the heart, which held declarer to 9 tricks. We got all of a 35% board for this nice defense :P . And Jimmy; no reason for the ♥9; what if you hit pard with JT4? yeah, but i was unblocking :) Thought you might have been but you can unload the 9 on the 3rd round just as easy. Further; if you are worried about pard having K8xxx, the J or 10 would have already fallen on right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke warm Posted January 7, 2005 Report Share Posted January 7, 2005 you're right... better to immediately let partner know the count (if possible) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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