On Apr 23, 5:45 am, henrysun...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> You hold
>
> AK6432
> x
> Q98xx
> Q
>
> Red vs red at imp pairs against unknown opponents.
>
> You decide to open 1s and hear this auction:
>
> You LHO Pd RHO
> 1s 2h p p
> 2s 3h x all pass
>
> Partner leads the JS and dummy hits with:
>
> T875
> 9x
> Axxxx
> xx
>
> Trick 1: Spade J, five, king, queen
> Trick 2: ??
>
> what do you play at trick 2, and how do you propose to beat 3hx?
>
> More anon (which means, 'more later," an archaic english expression,
> since it has been communicated to me that anon might be misunderstood
> as an acronym; see the online OED for details.)
>
> Henrysun909
Thanks to all who replied (and none of whom, really, misdefended the
hand with me.). The entire hand was something like
J
T8xx
KJ
AJ9xxx
Q9 T875
AKQJxx 9x
x Axxxx
KTxx xx
AK6432
x
Qxxxx
Q
trick 1: Spade J, 5, K, Q
self-rationalization: i wonder if partner led from the J9 of spades
or a singleton. If he led from the J9 of spades and I try to cash the
Ace, I've just set up two spade winners for declarer. I'd better find
out if he led a singleton or not.
trick 2: Club Q, K, T, small
trick 3: Club J, small, small diamond, small
self-rationalization: if partner wanted a spade lead back, he would
have led low instead of high. He must therefore not want a spade
ruff, so it must be declarer who has the stiff Q. Lucky for me I
didn't set up two spade winners for him at trick 2!!
trick 4: Club small, heart 9, small spade, small club
self-immolation: whoops! I have a sneaking suspicion we've gone from
+500 to -730 in the space of 2 tricks
And so it came to pass that declarer took 6 hearts, a ruff, the AD,
and the K of clubs when we could have taken the AS, spade ruff, heart
****ft (won in dummy), club to ace, heart (no more club ruffs for
declarer), etc.
Anyway, congratulations to those who scored up +500. You can consider
yourselves +14 imps next time we play.
Henrysun909
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