On Apr 24, 6:03 pm, Travis Crump <pretz...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 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
>
> Did anyone get it right? It seems everyone returned a trump[as would I]
> leading to 6 hearts, 2 spades, and the AD.
>
> Travis
What about leading the trump immediately, it is obvious that declarer
is bidding on shape, how is he going to ruff all those diamonds, clubs
and spades without our help. And anyway the spade ace is the only sure
entry in hand I have, partner would not have doubled easily without
both side suits well stopped and he is likely to have them well
locked. He knows from the bidding that the spade suit is six card long
but he won't double that easily if he is afraid they have possibly a
running side suit.
Boris
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