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Phil

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An early morning meeting got me out of my typical routine, so I got up early pacific time to watch some of the juniors semifinals.

 

You play in 5Cx'd:

 

QJ7xx

Xx

AKJxx

K

 

6X

Kx

T

QJT87XXX

 

1H pass 4H 4S

X 5C P P

X AP

 

Maybe you play 3C as guessed-phlegm or something like that but you are R/W which might have scared you off anyway. Opps play Polish Club is it matters.

 

1. HQ,x,A,x

 

2-4: K-A-Lowest spade. LHO follows twice. You ruff high and LHO pitches a heart.

 

5. Club to KING and RHOs Ace.

 

6. Last spade....?

 

If you can figures out the c9 you can minimize the damage. Your play?

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As Rho has'nt opened 1nt it is presumed that he has a sigleton.If the singleton is then 9 gets promoted so only hope that he has a singleton & A9x.

My rubbish related to the 4 bidder only have 4 card support, albeit on a misreading of the auction. We need to know how 1 being Polish affects their 4 response. Is 2452 really a possibility?

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Why didn't I play AK to find out more about RHO's shape before playing a trump? That would have solved the problem.

And that's the point to the story. WD.

 

LHO was indeed 2452 this time.

 

Declarer did not find the correct line.

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