[whereagles]

Scoring: IMP

LHO par RHO you
pass pass pass 1NT
pass 2♦ pass 2♥
pass 3♣ pass 3NT
pass pass dbl rdbl
(all pass)

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3♣ showed a 55 game-forcing, and dbl didn't ask for any lead in particular. East is a strong player. West thinks for a while and leads the diamond 4, on which East inserts the 8 (can't remember pard's spots, sorry) and you take the king.

What do you play now? Oh and won't someone PLEASE write a bidding template? Thx

[EarlPurple]

East could be 4-4 in hearts and clubs, which would give West a very shapely hand (strange he passed in first seat).

My temptation is to cross to ♥A and lead a low one to the queen. Does my queen win? Does West show out on this trick?

Still, if East has 4 hearts but only 3 clubs I will have 5 clubs tricks, 2 hearts and 2 diamonds (or a spade if East goes for them), though I could go down on a spade shift now, then ♦ back to East's ace and another spade, still there is no 100% line.

Clearly can't run my clubs now even if they break (my hand is horribly squeezed).

[Flame]

Maybe there are safer plays but i will play A♥ and heart to the Q.
Some doubled overtricks cant hurt.

[luke warm]

Flame, on Nov 3 2004, 01:42 PM, said:

Maybe there are safer plays but i will play A♥ and heart to the Q.
Some doubled overtricks cant hurt.

me too

[whereagles]

Allright, so you play a heart to the ace and EAST (not west, lol) discards the spade 8 (std signals). Now what?

[Flame]

whereagles, on Nov 4 2004, 06:33 AM, said:

Allright, so you play a heart to the ace and EAST (not west, lol) discards the spade 8 (std signals). Now what?

This is what the UNDO buttom is for

[luke warm]

whereagles, on Nov 3 2004, 11:34 AM, said:

Scoring: IMP

LHO par RHO you
pass pass pass 1NT
pass 2♦ pass 2♥
pass 3♣ pass 3NT
pass pass dbl rdbl
(all pass)

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Allright, so you play a heart to the ace and EAST (not west, lol) discards the spade 8 (std signals). Now what?

east shows out on the first heart eh?..well that certainly hurt

guess i lose the heart.. when back in, i think i'd play a diamond.. if it loses and one is returned, i take it and run the clubs, tossing a spade and my last heart... then i'd lead the spade

[whereagles]

Thx all. Here's the full hand

Scoring: IMP

South to play 3NT redoubled on the lead of a small diamond

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After a diamond lead and since clubs are 4-1, declarer needs to guess to play a heart to the EIGHT(!!) at trick two. This will put him one tempo ahead, and he can now take 3 hearts, 1 spade, 3 clubs and 2 diamonds.

Needless to say, the play was not found at table East's double does hint at something fishy, but declarer also thought that something was the heart king-jack, lol. He too played a heart to the ace and went down.

[luke warm]

i sure don't think i'd assign any blame for his going down here... what's the best percentage line, not double dummy?

[whereagles]

I don't know. But if you count on 5 clubs running, trying for a heart trick seems to be a good shot. Better than spades, at least.

[the hog]

Both the doubler and the redoubler are nut cases!

[whereagles]

Yes. What was South thinking of, redoubling with 17 opposite an expected 10, TWO sources of tricks and double stoppers in the unbid suits? Incredible!