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Simple defensive question - which spade to play here? JEC vs BBF July 5 - Bd 12

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Posted 2014-July-06, 14:16

4th best leads, altho this one shd be top of sequence.

What is the correct spade play here? (click NEXT in the diagram to see the first two cards)

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Posted 2014-July-06, 14:50

Partner has most of our defensive values, so I would hope he or she has lead from a long suit. Declarer likely has only 2♥, so 3=2=4=4 or 3=2=3=5 are possible. I guess, partner could have five spades as well, as opener might be 2=2 in the majors and 5-4 either way in the minors.

Anyway, I am going to try to set up partner's 4th spade. I see nothing wrong with winning this spade and returning one. If I am not winning it, I will play whichever spade is "encouraging". But I don't see a need to encourage, declarer has two spade tricks, so let's get out of partners way.

If I felt like partner was trying to hit my suit, I would discourage in spades. But partner has most our values (as much as 10 as few as 8) so I will try to cooperate with him.


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