AL78 Posted April 30, 2023 Report Share Posted April 30, 2023 Swiss pairs playing Acol weak NT, 3 weak twos: [hv=pc=n&n=sj53hq9752dkckq94&d=w&v=b&b=4&a=pp1n(15-17)2d2sp3sppp]133|200[/hv] You lead the ♦K which holds. What do you play at trick two? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerriman Posted April 30, 2023 Report Share Posted April 30, 2023 Do I get to see dummy and partner's card? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidKok Posted May 1, 2023 Report Share Posted May 1, 2023 I'm going to guess a spade switch is best, but I would also like to have all legally available information before committing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AL78 Posted May 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2023 I'm sorry, I completely neglected to put the dummy down. Lets try that again: [hv=pc=n&n=sj53hq9752dkckq94&e=skqthkj64dj3caj85&d=w&v=b&b=4&a=pp1n(15-17)2d2sp3sppp]266|200[/hv] ♦K, 3, T, 2 Your move? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidKok Posted May 1, 2023 Report Share Posted May 1, 2023 Is the ten encouraging? I see two main ways to continue:Play a low spade, intending to cut declarer's possible diamond ruffs. In a perfect world declarer has 5♠4♦, partner wins the ace of spades and plays another, wins the diamond return and plays a club. If we give declarer any ace though they can manage a diamond ruff, but we can prevent them from taking two. This should force them to guess the hearts, at least.We can play partner for heart shortness (hopefully a void, but maybe a singleton) and play ♥9 hoping to play on crossruff lines. If partner's ♦T is discouraging we might have to play for this distribution, although it is a bit strange for declarer to bid 2♠ rather than double with both majors. So we'd likely have to find partner with a singleton in hearts and the ace of spades, or the singleton ace of hearts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AL78 Posted May 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2023 Is the ten encouraging? I see two main ways to continue:Play a low spade, intending to cut declarer's possible diamond ruffs. In a perfect world declarer has 5♠4♦, partner wins the ace of spades and plays another, wins the diamond return and plays a club. If we give declarer any ace though they can manage a diamond ruff, but we can prevent them from taking two. This should force them to guess the hearts, at least.We can play partner for heart shortness (hopefully a void, but maybe a singleton) and play ♥9 hoping to play on crossruff lines. If partner's ♦T is discouraging we might have to play for this distribution, although it is a bit strange for declarer to bid 2♠ rather than double with both majors. So we'd likely have to find partner with a singleton in hearts and the ace of spades, or the singleton ace of hearts. The ten is encouraging (we play HELD). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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