Trumpace Posted March 25, 2005 Report Share Posted March 25, 2005 North is dealer, you are east and hold: 982,54,K82,AKJ94 Bidding goes 1C-P-1H-P-1S-P-1NT-P-P-PPartner leads the ♦Q and you see: [hv=d=n&v=n&n=sak53hkj2d973cq32&e=s982h54dk82cakj94]266|200|Scoring: Matchpoints[/hv] How do you defend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke warm Posted March 25, 2005 Report Share Posted March 25, 2005 i play the ♦2, requesting the obvious switch (♣) OR i overtake, lead the ♣K, and return the ♦8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted March 25, 2005 Report Share Posted March 25, 2005 i would discourage. He should get the message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trumpace Posted March 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2005 I was kibitzing this hand, East played the diamond 2 and West continued diamonds! Why give West the chance to go wrong? Overtake, cash high club and lead diamond 8. Are there some hands where this defense fails while the discouraging diamond at first trick works? Found it to be an interesting example of "make life easy for partner" deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jlall Posted March 26, 2005 Report Share Posted March 26, 2005 pard has led from QJx of diamonds (easily possible on this auction) and that defense wont work too well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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