nige1 Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 [hv=pc=n&w=sqj32h4dktcak9643&n=sak8654ht87dqj6c2&d=n&v=n&b=5&a=1sp2h3c4h5c5hppdppp]266|200| Scottish National League (IMPs and VPs)You lead ♣K ♣2 ♣5 (low = Encouraging) [CL}JAt trick 2 what do you lead?[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulg Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 [hv=pc=n&w=sqj32h4dktcak9643&n=sak8654ht87dqj6c2&d=n&v=n&b=5&a=1sp2h3c4h5c5hppdppp]266|200| Scottish National LeagueYou lead ♣K ♣2 ♣5 (low = Encouraging) [CL}JAt trick 2 what do you lead?[/hv]Are you really playing attitude signals when there is a singleton in dummy? In my world this would be a suit preference situation, so a low club asks for diamonds and a high club asks for spades and a middle club is encouraging for clubs or neutral. So I switch to the king of diamonds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted October 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 Are you really playing attitude signals when there is a singleton in dummy?A low ♣ is encouraging. A high ♣ would ask for a switch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulg Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 A low ♣ is encouraging. A high ♣ would ask for a switch.I guess I would continue with a club then with these agreements as a high club would ask for a diamond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tramticket Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 Partner rates to have a trick for the double. There is just room for partner to have an ace and if it is the A♦ you might need to lead King and another diamond, before declarer discards diamond(s) on the top spade. But this will look pretty silly if partner has the trump ace instead! A spade only looks right if partner is ruffing and a trump might find partner with QXX and declarer about to play for the drop. I'm continuing clubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardVector Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 It looks like clubs are 1-1, and declarer doesn't have a spade fit. So declarer is at least 5-5 in the reds. It looks like partner is asking for a diamond back, so I'm going to play the ten in case it's 5-7 in the reds and partner has the singleton A. I don't know if it's imps or mps, though. mps, I might go for the extra trick with the K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gszes Posted November 1, 2018 Report Share Posted November 1, 2018 spade 3 it may seem like picking nits to choose the 3 vs the 2 BUT the 3 just might look like shortness to declarer and give them a false impression on the distribution of the hand. I would avoid the spade Q as our spots will all too easily allow declarer to set up spades with 1 loser if they need to. If partner has the dia A the low club is a horrific choice at trick 1 so a dia lead is out an leading a trump might be doing declarers work for them. At least a spade is doing something declarer might have to do themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted November 1, 2018 Report Share Posted November 1, 2018 I should have led a spade. I don’t like the methods. But if partner has 5 clubs, he wasn’t doubling expecting us to be cashing even one club trick and then scoring 2 side tricks. I think he has a spade void and couldn’t risk a high club because he can’t stand a diamond switch. How’s void xxx Axxxx Qxxxx for the 5C bid, giving South 109x AKQJxx xxx J. South would be bidding 5 as a 2-way shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted November 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2018 [hv=pc=n&w=sqj32h4dktcak9643&n=sak8654ht87dqj6c2&s=STHAK932DA9543CQJ&d=n&v=n&a=1sp2h3c4h5c5hppdppp]400|300|Scottish National League (IMPs and VPs)You lead ♣K ♣2 ♣5 (low = Encouraging) ♣JAt trick 2 what do you lead?+++++++++++++++++++++ The full deal is on the leftPaulG and TramTicket found the winning defense of continuing ♣A.I switched to a ♠. Declarer cashed ♠AK, throwing her other ♣.Then she ran ♥T.Partner covered the next ♥ but declarer won and Led a small ♦ to force another dummy entry,[/hv][ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted November 1, 2018 Report Share Posted November 1, 2018 You've been done partially by your system, if I knew partner had another club I would play like that, but too much risk of 1-1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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