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#1 User is offline   gwnn 

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Posted 2014-September-01, 00:46

I was 4th in hand, unfavourable@MP's:

KJ75
JT
Q
KJT975

And it goes:

1H-p-2S-p
4H-end

2S was a WJS. Partner, bless his heart, leads the 2 of clubs, and dummy says she was hesitant to bid 1S lest opener rebid hearts but evidently failed:

QT98xx
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A98xx
xx

Partner almost certainly led from Qxx so I played the K, is that OK? Anyway, declarer wins the ace and plays 4 rounds of trump and we have to find two helpful discards for partner (who has 9xxx of hearts). What should they be? Declarer discarded a club and three spades from dummy. We play simple Lavinthal discards and upside-down count and attitude.
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Posted 2014-September-01, 08:06

I'd say J and 5

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Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the 3.


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Posted 2014-September-01, 11:16

View Postgwnn, on 2014-September-01, 00:46, said:

Partner almost certainly led from Qxx so I played the K, is that OK?


No. If you play the J and declarer wins the queen, you'll immediately know you're playing for stop-overtricks.

Anyway, two clubs can't hurt, one encouraging spades and the other non-descript.
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Posted 2014-September-02, 03:32

I am with Hanoi providing the J is positive for spades and not showing the sequence. If we treat honour discards as special, which I think is the default, then the T or 9 is to be preferred. I really want to be able to give partner spade count on the second discard.
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