On Apr 24, 9:03=A0am, 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 =A0 =A0 =A0 LHO =A0 =A0 =A0 Pd =A0 =A0 RHO
> >> 1s =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 2h =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 p =A0 =A0 =A0 p
> >> 2s =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 3h =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 x =A0 =A0 =A0 all pass
>
> >> Partner leads the JS and dummy hits with:
>
> >> T875
> >> 9x
> >> Axxxx
> >> xx
>
> >> Trick 1: =A0Spade 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.). =A0The entire hand was something like
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 J
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 T8xx
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 KJ
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0AJ9xxx
>
> > Q9 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0T875
> > AKQJxx =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 9x
> > x =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0
Ax=
xxx
> > KTxx =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0xx
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0AK6432
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0x
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Qxxxx
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Q
>
> > trick 1: =A0Spade J, 5, K, Q
> > self-rationalization: =A0i wonder if partner led from the J9 of spades
> > or a singleton. =A0If he led from the J9 of spades and I try to cash
the=
> > Ace, I've just set up two spade winners for declarer. =A0I'd better
find=
> > out if he led a singleton or not.
>
> > trick 2: =A0Club Q, K, T, small
> > trick 3: =A0Club J, small, small diamond, small
>
> > self-rationalization: =A0if partner wanted a spade lead back, he would
> > have led low instead of high. =A0He must therefore not want a spade
> > ruff, so it must be declarer who has the stiff Q. =A0Lucky 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: =A0whoops! =A0I have a sneaking suspicion we've gone
fr=
om
> > +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. =A0You can
consider=
> > yourselves +14 imps next time we play.
>
> > Henrysun909
>
> Did anyone get it right? =A0It seems everyone returned a trump[as would
I]=
> leading to 6 hearts, 2 spades, and the AD.
>
> Travis- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
Nope, no one got it right. The only winning defense on this hand is
to lead s small spade at trick 2 (that cuts off the potential spade
winners).
Whether that is the obvious defense at trick 2 is, to me, an entirely
different question.
Henrysun909
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