nige1 Posted April 28, 2019 Report Share Posted April 28, 2019 [hv=pc=n&s=sa872haj853d9cj76&e=sk5hkq72dkjtck983&d=s&v=n&b=15&a=pp3d3np4sppp]266|200|Arguably, this was my worst effort :(Matchpoints, Acol, Partner leads ♣2 ♣8 ♣J ♣A. Declarer leads ♠3 ♠6 ♠K, ♠A. Now what?[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted April 28, 2019 Report Share Posted April 28, 2019 9♦ partner shouldn't be missing ♦A at this vul, I expect him to tell me what to play after I get my ruff by the card he plays next. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardVector Posted April 28, 2019 Report Share Posted April 28, 2019 I'm kind of inclined to take the A♥ here. It's safe in that partner should not have 4 hearts and when I play my diamond and get a ruff, partner will have more info to guide me. I'm not sure, though. When I first saw this, the diamond on trick 3 looked so automatic, it would depend upon who I was playing with, I guess. How likely is partner to have AQxxxxxx? How good are the opps? Holding 5 spades and 4 hearts will they bid 4d? Maybe they are 6/4 majors? That's why I'm leaning to the heart. I don't think it will cost and could gain on a couple holdings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted April 29, 2019 Report Share Posted April 29, 2019 I'm kind of inclined to take the A♥ here. It's safe in that partner should not have 4 hearts and when I play my diamond and get a ruff, partner will have more info to guide me. I'm not sure, though. When I first saw this, the diamond on trick 3 looked so automatic, it would depend upon who I was playing with, I guess. How likely is partner to have AQxxxxxx? How good are the opps? Holding 5 spades and 4 hearts will they bid 4d? Maybe they are 6/4 majors? That's why I'm leaning to the heart. I don't think it will cost and could gain on a couple holdings. It costs where partner has 8 diamonds to the ace and a stiff heart and you can't read the heart as stiff. Not cashing the heart loses when partner has 8 diamonds and no hearts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted April 29, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2019 [hv=pc=n&n=S6HT6DAQ7543Cq542&s=sa872haj853d9cj76&e=sk5hkq72dkjtck983&d=s&v=n&b=6&a=pp3d3np4sppp]400|400|I won the ♠ and returned a ♣ for a well deserved zero matchpoints.Everybody else got this right, returning a ♦ to set the contract with a ruff[/hv] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh Posted April 29, 2019 Report Share Posted April 29, 2019 3D was nuts. No spots, short suit, vulnerable against not. However, the gamble was winning until South lost his mind. There was virtually zero chance that partner (a) had a club void and (b) lacked the diamond Ace. Even if he had 8 diamonds, and a stiff club, he isn't void in hearts, so after winning the diamond Ace, he has no hope but to play a heart, and now we have no hope but to play a club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gszes Posted April 30, 2019 Report Share Posted April 30, 2019 I think the heart A followed by the dia 9 sends the best message about needing a dia return. Returning the 9 immediately might seem like doing the obvious but what if that 9 is not so easy to read as a singleton (I know I have never had an opp bid 3d with AQxxxx:)). If p decides we need the heart A they might assume a heart switch is needed to set the contract instead of a dia. Leading the heart ace eliminates that line of thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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