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Posted 2005-April-04, 10:47

pclayton, on Apr 4 2005, 10:58 AM, said:

If I can telepathically communicate posession of the club Ace, I would feel much more confident about my monkey's ability to lead one. And its likely that he will be on lead.

it's likely he will be on lead? Didn't RHO overcall 2H?
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Posted 2005-April-04, 10:51

Walddk, on Apr 4 2005, 08:36 AM, said:

If I bid 6♦ I will surely be on lead if they take over, so I don't need 6♣ as lead-directing

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Posted 2005-April-04, 10:59

Bidding 6C WITH a fit is one thing as if it goes all pass this is obviously good but defining it as a fit jump just seems wrong to me. Sometimes you have a 6C bid (not often, but it can happen).
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Posted 2005-April-04, 17:18

i understand fred's (and others) post about the probable ineffectiveness of a club bid as lead directing, but *somebody* has spades... even if partner has 4 (unlikely) they have 8... so i still think my lho might bid spades, tho 3♣ might be better than 4♣... i was afraid of 3♣ in case partner misunderstood it
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Posted 2005-April-04, 17:33

Discussed this hand with regular pd yesterday. You can play:

Pass by pd over 6H shows 0/1 defensive tricks. This means that I pass with 2, and double with one. After the double pd passes with one and sacrifices with 0. The A of D should not be regarded as a defensive trick on this auction.
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Posted 2005-April-05, 03:13

Now for the amusing ending:

At the table I bid 7D. I had decided already that I would save in 7D so I chose to bid it directly. My LHO (my father) thought for about 3 minutes and chose to X. His hand was AKJxx AJTxx x KT. We went down 3 for 500. Wow. Good X. Pard had Qx x AKxxxx xxxx. Later I asked my dad how he worked it out and he said last time I did this to someone I had an ace...lol. I immediately remembered the hand. It was in the national BAM against hamway, white/white. I had:

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QJTxxx
Axx
xxx

The auction went 4H 5S ? to me and I bid 7H. LHO passed (forcing) and RHO bid 7S. I Xed and led my ace.

I was amazed he still remembered the hand, but it just goes to show it pays to know your opps lol.
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Posted 2005-April-05, 03:36

LOL.. he caught you red-handed :rolleyes:
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Posted 2005-April-05, 14:54

Now we all know to dbl your 7 level sacrifice. :D
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Posted 2005-April-05, 17:44

Yes I have to change it up now and not have an ace :D
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Posted 2005-April-06, 02:22

What luck!!! Assuming that 'very strong opposition' means that my team is the underdog, this freak hand may give us an excellent chance to win the match. Unless pard might open 2D first seat with five, they have no diamond losers. The club ace should cash. Partner may or may not have a second trick in the form of the club king or a protected major suit queen.

We are not going to outwit this opposition except, perhaps, by using a very subtle ploy.

What are the odds of partner having a trick on defense? With AKxxxx in diamonds (the most likely holding), I think the odds are against partner having a trick. If so, the straightforward bid is 7D. 7C is wrong. Remember, you are on lead versus 7H, 7S is very unlikely, and if they bid 7NT then you can double for an unusual lead (you may get a club) and partner won't have AKxxxx of diamonds, so he/she is likely to have a major suit trick to boot.

According to the LAW, there ought to be at least 21 trumps and a void, so 7D doubled will, at worst, lose only a few IMPs. Go for it!!!

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