On Apr 24, 7:30 am, henrysun...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> 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
I note that fellow trump leaders are also -730. This points out that
doubling 3H across from your potential 1 defensive trick opener on a
hand with no trump control is rolling the cube loosely. == Bill
Shutts
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