Lose big

[sakuragi]

http://www.bridgewebs.org/cgi-bin/bwol/bw.cgi?pid=display_rank&msec=1&event=20180908_2&wd=1&club=hkcba

click scordcards board 24

 

you (and the poster) are West

 

 

bidding

 

1h...1s...3s(spl)...4s

x...p...4nt...p

5h(2kc)...p...6h...p

p...6s...x...all pass

 

Play

E lead Club ... W did not cover

dummy lead spade ... W play small S ... curtains 6sx =

 

:P :P

[The_Badger]

Sorry to be honest with my opinion here, Sakuragi, but trust your partner's bidding. He wouldn't put you in 6♥ without the ♦A would he? If your partner East has splintered, you know declarer has a 6 card ♠ suit. Yes, he could be missing the ♠Q but you have to trust that declarer makes the right guess. If North had four ♥s to the Q and a diamond void as well I think he would have passed 6♥ as opposed to bidding 6♠.

[rmnka447]

Sorry, but anyone who leads a singleton in hopes of getting a ruff with a singleton trump almost deserves the result they got.

 

Nonetheless, West could defend better. First of all, the auction has East using a keycard ask and bidding 6 ♥. So there can be no more than 1 key card missing. It would be beyond belief that East would underlead an A in defending a slam contract. As Badger indicated he also knows that East can't have more than 1 ♠ because of the splinter. So the danger of ducking the ♠ lead from dummy are immense because the ♣ suit looks to be able to be setup to ditch any of Declrer's ♦ losers. So West has to rise with ♠ A and return a ♦ immediately.

 

First rule of IMPs - defeat the contract!!!

 

If I were East, I'd lead ♦ A at Trick 1.