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Scoring: IMP
The bidding goes:
P 1NT (15-17) 2H (natural) 2S
All Pass
Partner leads the H9 (standard leads, low from three small). You win and declarer follows with the 2. How do you continue?
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Defensive problem
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Posted 2010-July-07, 19:12
Playing in a Swiss with mediocre opponents and good partner/teammates:
The bidding goes:
P 1NT (15-17) 2H (natural) 2S
All Pass
Partner leads the H9 (standard leads, low from three small). You win and declarer follows with the 2. How do you continue?
The bidding goes:
P 1NT (15-17) 2H (natural) 2S
All Pass
Partner leads the H9 (standard leads, low from three small). You win and declarer follows with the 2. How do you continue?
Eugene Hung
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Posted 2010-July-07, 20:14
It looks like I might need to switch to the ♦J now if my side is going to get 6 defensive tricks and I just need to hope that partner's ♥ ruff can wait.
Disclaimer: The above post may be a half-baked sarcastic rant intended to stimulate discussion and it does not necessarily coincide with my own views on this topic.
I ♦ bidding the suit below the suit I'm actually showing not to be described as a "transfer" for the benefit of people unfamiliar with the concept of a transfer
I ♦ bidding the suit below the suit I'm actually showing not to be described as a "transfer" for the benefit of people unfamiliar with the concept of a transfer
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Posted 2010-July-08, 02:03
Agree. Make sure you take the ♥KING 1st trick, though.
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Posted 2010-July-08, 02:29
♥K, ♦J
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Posted 2010-July-08, 05:05
if it wasn't a problem I'd probably cash ♥A first.
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Posted 2010-July-08, 08:17
that's risky because you may need to take diamond tricks before playing the hearts.
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Posted 2010-July-08, 08:41
It's also risky because partner might need a heart ruff, for example if partner has Kx 9x AQ10x xxxxx and declarer QJ98xx xx Kxx xx.
and the result can be plotted on a graph.
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Posted 2010-July-09, 04:54
Good, glad to see I wasn't completely bonkers. I led the DJ, partner had:
K9x 9 AK75 xxxxx
After declarer covered the jack, partner then was faced with a problem of how to get me back in to score his heart ruff. I could have J(x) or JT(x). He guessed to underlead the ace, thinking I might have led the x from Jx. I didn't think this was a situation for a sexy doubleton honor underlead -- my feeling is that if partner has a vulnerable diamond holding like KQxx then declarer is probably making.
K9x 9 AK75 xxxxx
After declarer covered the jack, partner then was faced with a problem of how to get me back in to score his heart ruff. I could have J(x) or JT(x). He guessed to underlead the ace, thinking I might have led the x from Jx. I didn't think this was a situation for a sexy doubleton honor underlead -- my feeling is that if partner has a vulnerable diamond holding like KQxx then declarer is probably making.
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Posted 2010-July-09, 05:52
♦J switchers will blame partner for not leading diamond ace
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