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#1 User is offline   han 

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Posted 2008-April-04, 17:53

It is one of those hands where you cannot go wrong. If you find the best defense you will win some IMPs, if you don't then you will push the board.

Scoring: IMP


You hold the south hand, the east hand is dummy. The auction has been:

(p) - 1D - (1H) - p
(p) - Dbl - all pass.

Partner leads the diamond jack, declarer plays the king and you win. Now what?

If you decide to cash a high diamond then partner will pitch a discouraging club.


Edit: corrected the dealer, credits go to echognome for spotting it!
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2008-April-04, 18:10

(And the East hand is dummy.)

I can't think of anything clever, so would cash a diamond at trick 2, then switch to ♠2. Try to see how many spades we can cash. Then, if we are on lead after that, either switch to the heart, or play a 3rd and 4th round of diamonds.
That's impossible. No one can give more than one hundred percent. By definition that is the most anyone can give.
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Posted 2008-April-04, 18:22

I think I would play a heart at trick 2, I'm trying to stop all of a diamond ruff, the 9 of diamonds from scoring, giving a free spade finesse. I'm hoping the clubs either have no chance to run, or maybe partner has a doubleton and can always ruff in on the third round.
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Posted 2008-April-04, 18:35

Agree with trump shift at trick 2.
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Posted 2008-April-04, 21:04

Trump. I'm not a genius.
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Posted 2008-April-04, 21:10

I know at the table that I'd auto a trump. After having thought about it for a little while, I still don't see why I could reasonably expect a trump to be less successful than anything else.
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