[Deanrover]

Scoring: IMP

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After a 1N-2C-2H-3N auction you lead a low club. Declarer plays the Queen from dummy and partner plays the club 9. Assume UDCA. Trick Two is spade 2, 8, King. Plan the defence.

[Flame]

It doesnt look very promissing.
Partner must have something in spade and therfore cant have AJ of heart.
Partner can hold at max, the J spade and A of heart, but then declarer already has his game made.
To have a chance to take it down, partner need the K of spade.
my hopes are to find partner with J of heart and K of spade, i will play heart now.
But this would actually not be enough with a good declarer holding up the suit twice, or take the first round. still it got some chances of a mistake by declarer, but the real chance is that partner has 3 spades to the K, in which case we will take 3 spades + 2 hearts.
Im leading my heart K.
This is what i hope partner has.
KJx
Jxxxxx
xx
xx
1 down no matter what declarer do with his A of hearts.

[jikl]

I would love to answer but I was watching this hand on VuGraph

Sean

[Free]

I don't get this scheme South is your hand, but declarer plays ♣Q

[Flame]

Free, on Nov 6 2004, 08:41 AM, said:

I don't get this scheme South is your hand, but declarer plays ♣Q

North is ur hand, and dummy (east) played the Q of club.

[pclayton]

Dean, your diagrams are worse than mine! Didn't think that was possible .

Strange auction. I wonder why my LHO didn't look harder for a spade game, especially with a 5-4.

I'm assuming that the 1N opening was 15-17, so that leaves partner with a random 3-5. Partner's ♣ 9 denies the King.

The 8♠ is more of a problem. It could be from J8 or J83; certainly I'm hoping the latter.

So, from the spots, partner has to have a spade honor; which rules out the pipe dream of him holding AJTxxx of hearts. Unfortunately, pard doesn't hold the J♦ either. Declarer's tricks are becoming easier to count; 3 diamonds (assuming pard has the A), 3 clubs, 1 spade and 1 heart. In time, declarer will make 2 more spades too. Continuing clubs can't be right. Neither can a diamond shift. What about the A♥? Hmmmm....

My prayer to Bridgidda is for pard to hold the A♥ and the J♠. That gives declarer 1 spade, 4 diamond, and 3 clubs.

Lets play the K hoping for 3 hearts and 2 spades. Maybe our temamates will find the unbeatable 5♦ as well.