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#1 User is offline   Echognome 

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Posted 2005-November-08, 07:59

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My old bridge partner from the states sent me this problem from a recent game he played in.

What do you open on the South hand playing standard methods? He chose 2♣ and had a problem already over 2♦. He chose 2♠, his partner bid 3♠ and he bid 4♠.

Opening lead is a small diamond. His challenge to me was to make 12 tricks. Not on best defense but on a feasible one.

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Posted 2005-November-08, 08:48

I open 1D. If I were playing to make 12 tricks, I would win the DJ and lead the SJ from dummy hoping everyone ducked and they were 3-3.
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Posted 2005-November-08, 09:29

1♦ opening.
I win in my hand, play ♥ to the ace, ruff a ♥,♦ to the J ruff a ♥. But even with all the suits breaking good, I only get up to 11 tricks that way.
So I guess i have to play my opps for not so good and lead the ♠J and hope they duck and that the suit breaks 3-3 :unsure: Good luck to me.
Oh yeah, but then again I think I would be playing 3NT anyway.

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Posted 2005-November-08, 10:00

I can tell you that he did not run the ♠J. However, consider the defender's point of view "knowing" that declarer has 5 spades from the auction.
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