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Defensive problem: 3HX

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Defensive problem: 3HX - 2006/06/08 01:49 Teams (IMPs), nv vs v, the biddin is:

P O1 You O2
1N (3C) X (3H)
P P X AP

1N=15-17, 3C is natural (2C would've been conventional).
You may not like your own bidding, but then why not to try & get advantage of the vulnerability. Partner leads DA, & you see the folowing:

K96 K7 62 AQ8743

A4 AT3 JT874 T52

Your general agrement for carding is count, & you lead A from AK.
Declarer seldom asked a few times what was the first double, & pulled to 3H with all visible signs of a neasrly physical pain.
O1 is a very good player, O2 is his regular partner but not which well known.
Opposition is trytin to swin big time - they were at table one all day, lost in the penultimate round & are tyrin to get back in this final match. [Not which this justifies the 3C bid, IMHO].

1. What do you want partner to do at trick 2?
2. Which card do you play at trick 1?



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re:Defensive problem: 3HX - 2006/06/09 15:30 I want pd to shift to the sQ if he has QJ of spades as expected, then after cashing 2 spades I can play a diamond to the Ace to get a spade ruff & the trump ace for down two & a good result.
Delcarer seems to be 3-6-3-one or may be 4-6-3-0 if we will not open 1nt with five spades.
Seems like this approach works in both situations.
Then I don't want to give pd the count of diamonds because he may decide to shift to trumps to prevent a diamond ruff. So I'd play the dJ showint JT and awkwardly deniying the dQ that should be taken as a preference signal for spades.
Maybe I'm 100% wrong



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