gwnn Posted September 1, 2014 Report Share Posted September 1, 2014 I was 4th in hand, unfavourable@MP's: KJ75JTQKJT975 And it goes: 1H-p-2S-p4H-end 2S was a WJS. Partner, bless his heart, leads the 2 of clubs, and dummy says she was hesitant to bid 1S lest opener rebid hearts but evidently failed: QT98xx-A98xxxx Partner almost certainly led from Qxx so I played the K, is that OK? Anyway, declarer wins the ace and plays 4 rounds of trump and we have to find two helpful discards for partner (who has 9xxx of hearts). What should they be? Declarer discarded a club and three spades from dummy. We play simple Lavinthal discards and upside-down count and attitude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoi5 Posted September 1, 2014 Report Share Posted September 1, 2014 I'd say ♣J and ♠5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted September 1, 2014 Report Share Posted September 1, 2014 Partner almost certainly led from Qxx so I played the K, is that OK? No. If you play the J and declarer wins the queen, you'll immediately know you're playing for stop-overtricks. Anyway, two clubs can't hurt, one encouraging spades and the other non-descript. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandakh Posted September 2, 2014 Report Share Posted September 2, 2014 I am with Hanoi providing the ♣J is positive for spades and not showing the sequence. If we treat honour discards as special, which I think is the default, then the ♣T or ♣9 is to be preferred. I really want to be able to give partner spade count on the second discard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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