[Fluffy]

Scoring: MP

. . - 1♠
2♠-3♦
3♠-4♠

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You lead ♣5 (third and fifth), partner wins ♣K and declarer plays the 9

partner switches to ♦3 and declarer wins ♦A

declarer plays ♠K, you take the ace and partner plays ♠2, high spade would had asked you to find him a ruff.

what now?

if you play ♥A continuation hidden:

Spoiler

partner plays the 6 and declarer the 5, UDCA

[jdonn]

The bidding is weird. East usually has a slam try to bid this way but he can't have enough unless he is 6-5, in which case partner would play the 2 of hearts when we try to cash the ace. So I'll assume he is being random and decided to take a shot at game. I think it's a guess whether declarer has AKJx of diamonds or like AJx with QJx of hearts, the spots leave both as possibilities but maybe partner would play a higher diamond with xxx so I'll go for a diamond.

[ceeb]

I would impatiently play ♦Q a trick ago. Even KQJ10xx, x, AKJxx, x isn't a legitimate slam try -- needs 2 aces, diamond shortness, and trump length for a slam. Therefore RHO is having fun in the bidding.

Partner however, if holding ♦32, wouldn't know that the 3♦ bid was a joke and wouldn't know continuing clubs is bad. Partner would only play diamonds with an honor or a singleton.

[hanp]

Fluffy, on Oct 8 2010, 06:45 PM, said:

You lead ♣5 (third and fifth)

Come again?

[Fluffy]

it ws daddy, not me .

your intuiton tells you that declarer probably doesn't have a slam try.

[MFA]

If we can assume that partner would normally trust our leads, then we should have a second club trick cashing. Else partner would have continued clubs at trick 2, since from his perspective with ♣AKxxx he "knows" from the spots that the lead is a doubleton or singleton.

But I assume that we can't assume that?!

[Fluffy]

That's a good point michael

Partner was afraid declarer had ♠KQJ10x ♥Qx ♦AKJxx ♣x where after cashing ♥A declarer now might have 2 pitches in hearts since ♥J falls, and 1 more from clubs if we play the suit, so played ♥A then another heart to assure 1 down, but declarer held instead

♠KQJ106
♥5
♦AKJ87
♣96

[whereagles]

daisy-picking 3♦?

anyway, I wouldn't really know what to play.. probably a small heart and a give away