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#1 User is offline   kayin801 

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Posted 2012-October-19, 09:15



N/S started the defense decently enough but couldn't unravel 6 tricks. UDCA agreements for defense.

Where do you see chances for either N or S to do better? S doesn't need to play the 3rd club, it seems like, but it's not clear which red suit to switch to and on the actual lie it doesn't hurt. I was south, that's why I played the 3rd club, to let partner decide, though I know it sets up the 13th club. How clear should it be that we needed to attack both red suits, or hearts first?
I once yelled at my partner for discarding the 'wrong' card when he was subjected to a squeeze that I allowed by giving the wrong count with too high a card. Now he's allowed to pitch aces when the opponents have the king in the dummy. At trick 2. When he could have followed suit. And blame me.

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Posted 2012-October-19, 09:35

Perhaps north could read south's ♣8 as suit preference? Not really sure if that applies in this situation.
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Posted 2012-October-19, 12:09

NVM.
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Posted 2012-October-19, 20:05

When East plays the ♦Q it is very likely from either AQ or QJ. If it is from QJ then declarer has the ♥A and a diamond continuation is clearly fatal. If it is from AQ then North has the heart ace and an immediate heart lead will be necessary. So South should lead a heart after winning the ♦K.

If declarer played ♦Q from KJx AQx Qxxx Axx then a heart lets it make, but that is unlikely and maybe partner would have switched to heart, not a diamond.
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Posted 2012-October-19, 20:46

Disregard everything I said. I thought Everyone was dummy :-)
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Posted 2012-October-20, 07:57

Under competed, now very to-the-point defense needed.
I don't like defense when 3H makes. Cheap even 3H-1.
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