[kgr]

Scoring: MP

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You open 2NT showing 24-25HCP in your system. This is explained as 22-23 by your partner and he passes.
After 3 passes you inform opps (and partner ) that you have 24-25HP. LHO start a small ♦ and dummy comes down without a point. You hope that ♥ are not 3-3. Then 2NT become a good contract/score.
After lead of small ♦, you play low ♦ in dummy and RHO plays the Q taking by your K.
You play ♥A and K. RHO discards ♣ 5 on the second ♥.
Weak opps. (Probably ♣5 did ask clubs, but not sure that they really signal).
How do you play now?

[luke warm]

lho is, hopefully, 2542.. so i take the ♠A,K and lead a low ♦ toward the board... i don't see anything else, sorry

[beatrix45]

Any clue from the spot cards as to the diamond situation?

[kgr]

luke warm, on Jun 20 2005, 02:08 AM, said:

lho is, hopefully, 2542.. so i take the ♠A,K and lead a low ♦ toward the board... i don't see anything else, sorry

This is probably the best technical play.
West probably has AJ of Diamonds.
?=J9xxx=AJxx?=?

Your play gives you a lot more chances then 2=5=4=2 with West.
f.i: if West has Qxx=J9xxx=AJxx=x

I didn't even think at these possibilities knowing that EW were (very) weak players.

[Gerben42]

I also pass a 24 - 25 NT with the North hand btw

[kgr]

After ♥AK , I played ♠A and a small ♦.
As expected against weak players they think I have good ♠ and ♦ (because I played them myself) and LHO at lead after ♦ did play a ♣.

...After this I cashed all my winners (LHO did appear to have singleton ♣) and get out with a ♦.
West:
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J9
Ax
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South:
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T8
x
x
West had discarded a ♠ on ♣A, leaving the above situation.
West had to bring me another ♥ trick, making 2NT+1 for 1OO%

Probably not the best technical play, but is seemed to be the best play against these opps.
(this is called table feeling? )