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1: The ♦K is led on wich partner plays lowest spot and declarer ♦9 (std carding).
2: Dummy plays ♦J partner playing low again and pitches ♣6 from hand.
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Posted 2012-April-16, 06:10
1: The ♦K is led on wich partner plays lowest spot and declarer ♦9 (std carding).
2: Dummy plays ♦J partner playing low again and pitches ♣6 from hand.
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Posted 2012-April-16, 10:47
A club, of course?
Maybe ♠A and a club? Never small spade.
Maybe ♠A and a club? Never small spade.
wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:
Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.
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Posted 2012-April-16, 11:55
The ♠A looks kind of obvious even though it probably doesn't matter if I play a club or a spade. If partner has four hearts, he probably doesn't have four spades. A layout I am concerned with is something like declarer having 2=6=1=4 and with partner holding some five card trump holding. It may get tricky if we play a club and declarer starts ramming diamonds through partner's trump.
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Posted 2012-April-16, 14:11
I would be very surprised if RHO held only 6 hearts, given that he was red in first seat, and we hold the trump Ace...however, I suppose that there are opps who bid that way.
Anyway.....a club switch works no matter what he holds....partner will win and return a spade...what else can he do?
We now play another club...if opener held 4, then partner is ruffing, which is great, since not only is it a trick, but he is shortening his trumps, thus avoiding any coup position.
As it is, I expect declarer to be 2=7=1=3, and partner will be returning a spade anyway. We then play a club...since we can't tell....and we don't care....opener has too many trump and not enough entries to pull off a coup...say he runs diamonds...he's pitching losers if he pitches, so he ruffs, crosses to the spade King and ruffs again, and exits the heart K. He still has more trump than partner, so we exit our left thumb (altho the right thumb works well if it isn't holding our small heart) and declarer is forced to ruff.
Anyway.....a club switch works no matter what he holds....partner will win and return a spade...what else can he do?
We now play another club...if opener held 4, then partner is ruffing, which is great, since not only is it a trick, but he is shortening his trumps, thus avoiding any coup position.
As it is, I expect declarer to be 2=7=1=3, and partner will be returning a spade anyway. We then play a club...since we can't tell....and we don't care....opener has too many trump and not enough entries to pull off a coup...say he runs diamonds...he's pitching losers if he pitches, so he ruffs, crosses to the spade King and ruffs again, and exits the heart K. He still has more trump than partner, so we exit our left thumb (altho the right thumb works well if it isn't holding our small heart) and declarer is forced to ruff.
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Posted 2012-April-16, 16:00
mikeh, on 2012-April-16, 14:11, said:
Anyway.....a club switch works no matter what he holds....partner will win and return a spade...what else can he do?
I assumed declarer had ♣Axxx, so the play would go as indicated in my post.
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Posted 2012-April-16, 19:06
With 2=7=1=3, why would declarer play a diamond and pitch a club?
I am worried that declarer is 4=7=1=1, so I would play a low spade.
I am worried that declarer is 4=7=1=1, so I would play a low spade.
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Posted 2012-April-17, 08:44
wd Arend, only low spade defeats I think, partner has
♠Q10
♥Kxxx
♦xxx
♣A10xx
♠Q10
♥Kxxx
♦xxx
♣A10xx
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Posted 2012-April-17, 10:47
Yes WD Arend. I admit I fell into FPS / TPS.
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