[phil_20686]

Codo, on Feb 5 2010, 02:44 AM, said:

I do not see three trump tricks that often. I have quite often two tricks in spade. They need no rocket science to play the trump suit with AJxxxx opposite xx.

Any time dummy has a stiff you are guaranteed 3 trump tricks provided that you dont let delclarer shorten his trumps too often..... Partner can have xx spades for his t/o doube, its not that uncommon. Or stiff J and lho has ATxxxxx or something. I would guess you get 3 tricks just under half the time, although maybe i play against more aggressive weak twos than you do.....

[billw55]

phil_20686, on Feb 5 2010, 08:48 AM, said:

Codo, on Feb 5 2010, 02:44 AM, said:

I do not see three trump tricks that often. I have quite often two tricks in spade. They need no rocket science to play the trump suit with AJxxxx opposite xx.

Any time dummy has a stiff you are guaranteed 3 trump tricks provided that you dont let delclarer shorten his trumps too often..... Partner can have xx spades for his t/o doube, its not that uncommon. Or stiff J and lho has ATxxxxx or something. I would guess you get 3 tricks just under half the time, although maybe i play against more aggressive weak twos than you do.....

South has the ten. And the nine

Yes north can have two spades, but I think void or stiff is more likely than two or three. I would guess the defense gets three trump tricks maybe 1/3 of the time.

[helene_t]

MFA, on Feb 4 2010, 05:40 PM, said:

Does anyone have a guess as to what might have happened at the other three tables in 2♠X where declarer took 8 tricks?

Here it went

♦K to the ace.
♠ to Q and ace.
♠ to the 9.
♣ through.
2 club tricks, 1 heart trick and there was no trump coup at the end.

Strange, maybe South failed to play a club, or maybe declarer played hearts and North played the queen so that declarer got two club discards on the hearts (or alternatively an overruff in hearts, reducing South's trump tricks). Or maybe North lead ♣A.

[phil_20686]

helene_t, on Feb 5 2010, 09:35 AM, said:

MFA, on Feb 4 2010, 05:40 PM, said:

Does anyone have a guess as to what might have happened at the other three tables in 2♠X where declarer took 8 tricks?

Here it went

♦K to the ace.
♠ to Q and ace.
♠ to the 9.
♣ through.
2 club tricks, 1 heart trick and there was no trump coup at the end.

Strange, maybe South failed to play a club, or maybe declarer played hearts and North played the queen so that declarer got two club discards on the hearts (or alternatively an overruff in hearts, reducing South's trump tricks). Or maybe North lead ♣A.

I would be prepared to bet that some tables didnt fly in with a top spade. And simply allowed the j of spades to hold.....

[jdonn]

Ulrich, on Feb 4 2010, 10:16 PM, said:

Amazing for me that this is not unanimous either - a unanimous vote for NOT PASSING.
You biddink 2NT and you having chance to land on feet. Opponents not double yet.
You passing and is likely opps make. Maybe pd have void S, now your S tricks shrinking to one.
I show this hand to number two and number three player in Liechtenstein - Petrosilius Zwackelman and Rauber Hotzenplotz. Bid is automatic they say.

I laffink at post say partner may have A or J. You play against idioten?

What shrinks faster, Ulrich's spade tricks or his repertoire of prepositions?