[joshs]

13. Red vs white:
KJT85 x AQJx K9x
2'nd to speak
1H-1S-2H-3H(Mixed raise)
P-?

14. x A98xxx J ATxxx
3'rd seat fav
P-P-2H-x
3H(you play mcabe)-P-?

15. Both red:
- J972 AQJ92 Q843
AK753 K T KT9652

1S (we play a strong club)-(2H)-P-(P)
3C-(P)-5C-All Pass

A of hearts lead by beth palmer and a low D switch.Plan the play.

16. JT9x xx KQx 9xxx, fav vul
1H-P-4H-All Pass but opener thought for 1 minute before passing. Your lead?

[Codo]

13. 4 Spade, I see no slam and enough for game..

14. 4 Heart

15. funny. They know, I have a two suiter but refuse to lead trump. Why?
Maybe lho has Jx in Club? Or a chicane? Or the singelton ace?
They have a 9 card fit and 17 HCPS but bid just once.
I play rho to have 3 or 4 clubs including the ace, so I try the diamond finesse, because I am afraid, that I will loose a trump trick if I try a simple cross ruff.

16. Jack of Spade, I see no reason to be too smart in this hand.

[joshs]

Anyone else interested in these?

[pclayton]

13. 4♠. I assume this is a mixed raise with 4 trump. I guess I can understand 4♦ too, but i don't want to give LHO to try 4♥ and suggest a sac.

14. I'm not reading anything special into the lack of a lead director over the x. I'm passing, but I don't like 2♥ with this much playing strength.

15. I'm leading a diamond to the ace and a club toward hand. If clubs are 3-0, I need to develop a different tact than crossruffing.

16. J♠. Don't know what I'm supposed to read into the hitch.

[FrancesHinden]

joshs, on Jul 31 2006, 08:48 PM, said:

Anyone else interested in these?

They aren't presented in a very user-friendly fashion.
13. I assume this is MPs? Very close between 3S and 4S - much easier at IMPs. I assume partner could have as little as Axxx xxx xxx Qxx for a mixed raise, when game is not very good (better if he has the S9) but obviously it could be cold. I really don't object to either 3S or 4S - whatever takes my fancy at the time.

14. Abstain. I wouldn't have opened 2H, and I have no idea what mcabe is.

15. Who is beth palmer? As I'm clearly playing someone I don't recognise, I can't take any inferences from the defence.

Win the ace of diamonds, ruff a diamond and play a club towards the Queen. If that wins and everyone follows, claim on a cross-ruff. If that wins and RHO shows out, claim for one off. If LHO rises with the ace and plays another club, win in dummy, ruff a diamond, ruff a spade. By now I know if diamonds are 4-3 or I can ruff out the King on my right; failing that ruff a heart (RHO might have Qx) then hope spades are 4-4. If LHO rises with the ace and doesn't play another club, it will depend a lot on what they do play...

I realise there's an inference that LHO has a club void, but I don't think that's strong enough to take an immediate diamond finesse. Suppose LHO discards on the club, and RHO wins the CA and plays the CJ back (forcing me to win in hand). I ruff a spade, ruff a diamond. I need someone to have started with Kxx in diamonds (draw the last trump with the 8 and cash the QJ) or spades to be 4-4 (ruff another spade, ruff a heart, draw the last trump).

16. At matchpoints, the SJ. DK at imps.

[Joe de Balliol]

1. 4S looks easy.

2. Dunno what mcabe is. I open 1H or 4H depending on mood.

3. DA, ruff a diamond, club to Q.

4. SJ at MPs, DK at IMPs.