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#1 User is offline   xcurt 

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Posted 2008-May-18, 22:27

Maybe this should be in Interesting Bridge Hands. You are east defending 4H reached as follows:

Scoring: XIMP

Rotated to make south declarer


P - P - 1C - 1D
1H - P - 4H - all pass

Do you agree with 1D?

The play goes

D4-A-Q-6
CA-7-S2-4
CK-5-S5-J
C2-9-H4-3
DK-5-S7-2
D7-8-H5-J
C6-?

Leaving this, with declarer having won all the tricks so far:

Scoring: XIMP

Rotated to make south declarer


Do you ruff or not? Why?
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Posted 2008-May-18, 23:34

I'm not going to take the time to do an analysis of the play, but I will speak toward the bidding: My preference would be a 1 spade overcall when NV, because 1) it's more preemptive and 2) it's what I want partner to lead.
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Posted 2008-May-20, 10:15

In general its right to uppercut in these cases, but it seems that either South doesn't know how to bid his 4=5=4=0 or has a 3=6=4=0 and what we do won't matter.

Curious to see the entire hand. Maybe I'll learn something.
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Posted 2008-May-20, 19:55

Oops my fault either play beats the contract. Your partner misdefended later. Apologies.

Declarer began with Txxx, JT86x, K9xx, --.

The defenders played themselves into a smother position somehow.
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