[Phil]

Scoring: IMP

1D - (pass) - 3D* - (dbl);
pass - (4H) - AP

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You lead your 5th best diamond to partner's Ace who returns the 8, covered by the 10. So partner apparently has an original holding of AQ98x or AQ98. Declarer ruffs in dummy, plays a heart to hand and ruffs his last diamond. He draws this last trump (pard had Qx).

Anything you should be thinking about now?

[Jlall]

Meh when he plays a spade make sure to pop queen or else he's just going to put in the ten. It really shouldn't work but you never know, people suck!

[gnasher]

I'd be thinking that declarer has misplayed it.

If the other hands are Jxx Qx AQ98 A109x and xx AKxxx xxx Jxx, the second diamond ruff was a big mistake. His correct play is to cash a heart at trick 3 then, when the queen doesn't appear, draw a second trump and try to set the spades up with one ruff - playing either for 3-3 or for Hx onside.

If declarer's clubs are as good as J109, he still shouldn't have ruffed the diamond, because he might have been able to cope with a trump loser by finding ♠QJx onside.

Anyway, I'm going to play ♠Q when he plays one, just in case he's messed up. I don't think this is a matter of fooling him - he's just down if his clubs are J8x or worse.

This post has been edited by gnasher: 2009-December-06, 06:17

[pooltuna]

Phil, on Dec 5 2009, 02:01 PM, said:

Scoring: IMP

1D - (pass) - 3D* - (dbl);
pass - (4H) - AP

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You lead your 5th best diamond to partner's Ace who returns the 8, covered by the 10. So partner apparently has an original holding of AQ98x or AQ98. Declarer ruffs in dummy, plays a heart to hand and ruffs his last diamond. He draws this last trump (pard had Qx).

Anything you should be thinking about now?

Basically you should be wondering what flavor jam or jelly declarer will be using as you are starting to have a serious resemblance to toast.

[hatchett]

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I don't think this is a matter of fooling him - he's just down if his clubs are J8x or worse.

Why? If he has your example hand of xx AKxxx xxx Jxx he makes if he ducks a spade and then guesses clubs.

[gnasher]

hatchett, on Dec 6 2009, 02:41 PM, said:

Why? If he has your example hand of xx AKxxx xxx Jxx he makes if he ducks a spade and then guesses clubs.

Good point. I'd started off by giving declarer ♣10xx, then changed it to Jxx without considering the consequences.

[Phil]

Jlall, on Dec 5 2009, 04:20 PM, said:

Meh when he plays a spade make sure to pop queen or else he's just going to put in the ten. It really shouldn't work but you never know, people suck!

This player doesn't really suck per se. But I was pretty amazed at this line.

Anyway, I was pretty sure he was trying to coast around and duck a spade to pard. The ♠Q really should not have mattered since declarer has ♠xx ♥AKxxx ♦Txx ♣Jxx. He can duck the spade for instance. Instead, he won and played a club toward his Jack and the hand just unraveled on him lol.

Ruffing diamonds is pretty pathetic. Even my rusty teammate got this one right.