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"5. Both
Jx Kxxx xx JTxxx
2C 2D*
2S ??
Promises at least one Ace or king.
6. Favorable (so its not a bidding quiz)
xxx x QJ9xx xxxx
1C X 1H P
2S p 6H all pass
Your lead?"
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Posted 2008-April-07, 19:11
(5) 3♣ wtp (i cant think of any alternative call)
(6) spade
(6) spade
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Posted 2008-April-08, 02:05
Apollo81, on Apr 8 2008, 10:11 AM, said:
(5) 3♣ wtp (i cant think of any alternative call)
(6) spade
(6) spade
I see no alternative.
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Posted 2008-April-08, 02:25
I'd be tempted by 2NT on the first one, would rather have a better suit than JTxxx.
Bizarre bidding and really not sure what to lead. I guess the bidding suggests that declarer is void in one of partner's suits, and it's way more likely to be clubs, so I guess a spade is a good shot.
Bizarre bidding and really not sure what to lead. I guess the bidding suggests that declarer is void in one of partner's suits, and it's way more likely to be clubs, so I guess a spade is a good shot.
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Posted 2008-April-08, 02:26
I do: lead ♦Q
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Posted 2008-April-08, 03:17
3♣ seems obvious on the first.
On the second it's horrible, a trump could be right but I can't face picking up partner's trump holding that way. I suppose I agree with a spade, but it seems a guess which pointed suit is going to be right.
On the second it's horrible, a trump could be right but I can't face picking up partner's trump holding that way. I suppose I agree with a spade, but it seems a guess which pointed suit is going to be right.
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Posted 2008-April-08, 03:17
1. 2NT. Keep it low.
2. Tough... I feel a diamond is right, but spade can setup a trick before clubs are established.. hum............ well, ♦Q
2. Tough... I feel a diamond is right, but spade can setup a trick before clubs are established.. hum............ well, ♦Q
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Posted 2008-April-08, 08:55
1. 3♣. Slightly better than 2N.
2. ♠
Spade needs pard to have the AQ (and the suit cashing - it probably will unless LHO is 5-6) or KQ and an entry. Diamond needs pard to hold the Ace with the K in dummy or the K with an entry. I really don't believe RHO is bidding this way open in the diamond suit, but it is Texas so I can't be sure
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2. ♠
Spade needs pard to have the AQ (and the suit cashing - it probably will unless LHO is 5-6) or KQ and an entry. Diamond needs pard to hold the Ace with the K in dummy or the K with an entry. I really don't believe RHO is bidding this way open in the diamond suit, but it is Texas so I can't be sure
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Posted 2008-April-08, 09:05
pclayton, on Apr 8 2008, 03:55 PM, said:
Spade needs pard to have the AQ (and the suit cashing - it probably will unless LHO is 5-6) or KQ and an entry. Diamond needs pard to hold the Ace with the K in dummy or the K with an entry. I really don't believe RHO is bidding this way open in the diamond suit, but it is Texas so I can't be sure )
)I would have thought our most obvious way to beat this is not cashing two quick tricks but either via a trump trick plus a side suit trick. When we have four low clubs and partner has made a take-out double a club trick in partner's hand is vanishingly unlikely (if opener is 4216 we might need to lead a trump as I mentioned before.)
It's wildly unlikely we are cashing two diamonds, but we might have the ace to take before declarer's singleton goes on a spade (say). Against that, it's very likely that one of declarer and dummy have a singleton diamond and I don't expect to be setting up diamond tricks. However, spades could well be 4432 round the table making a slowish spade trick more likely.
If partner has the AQ of spades he won't double, because double sounds very much like a club void.
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