Defend 4H

[ahydra]

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Sorry for upside down diagram. South is dummy, you're West.

 

Partner leads ♦8, dummy plays the 2, you win the Ace and declarer follows with the Queen. What next?

 

If you cash the ♣A, declarer plays the 2; what do you do when partner plays (standard attitude):

 

a) the C5

b) the C7

c) the CJ

 

Thanks,

 

ahydra

[gwnn]

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Partner leads ♦8, dummy plays the 2, you win the Ace and declarer follows with the Queen. What next?

 

If you cash the ♣A, declarer plays the 2; what do you do when partner plays (standard attitude):

 

a) the C5

b) the C7

c) the CJ

[robert2734]

3 ♦ asking partner to return a club if he ruffs.

[rmnka447]

I'm laying ♣ A on the table at trick 2 and trying to decipher partner's card. The ♦ Q could be a stiff in which case it may be imperative to get our ♣ tricks in before Declarer gets a pitch on the ♦. If partner discourages, I'll return ♦ 3 at trick 3.