rhm, on Jul 18 2009, 05:39 AM, said:
karlson, on Jul 17 2009, 07:03 PM, said:
Dealer: | North | Vul: | None | Scoring: | IMP | | | |
The opponents bid 1
♦-1
♥-2
♦-2n-3n
♣5-K-A-4
♣T-8-7-6
♥7-5-Q-4
You're up. Standard carding, 4th best leads.
Strange where are
♣3 and
♣2 ?
It seems to me that partner must have them and tried to fool declarer with returning
♣10, knowing that declarer would duck.
When the
♣8 and
♣7 appeared partner rightly concluded that you could stand a switch to
♥.
You now need to switch back to
♣ before the
♥ are established.
Declarers hand:
♠Kxx
♥A9654
♦Ax
♣Q84
Nice defense.
Rainer Herrmann
I'm sure you're right about the clubs -- from
♣Q843 declarer can't afford the 8 because it allows a fatal overtake by West when East has
♣A10 doubleton. But I have trouble visualizing declarer's hand. Isn't 2NT non-forcing? Even Kxx,Axxxx,Kx,Q8x seems a bit too strong. So I considered Kxx,Kxxxx,Kx,Q8x, but now the defense is entitled to 3 clubs and 2 red aces routinely, so why would East risk the low heart play? Nor does J10xx, A106x, Ax, Q84 with declarer completely make sense though from East's corresponding Kx,K987,Kxx,A1032 the defensive situation is less clear.
Charles