[antonylee]

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On the 3rd board of a 7-board sectional Swiss, in then top 3rd of the field (you probably won a couple of overtrick imps in the first two boards), partner aggressively puts you in 4♠.
How do you proceed on the ♣K lead?

A couple of boards later, you need to find a lead after a spirited auction:

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[ezyang]

I'm going to play hearts for 3-3 K onside, since the X might indicate trumps are splitting 4-1. I don't like cross-ruffing or trying to set up diamonds.

To do this, ruff the first club and then SQ. Say defense backs a club; win the CA (pitching a diamond!) and another spade up. If a club continuation forces dummy, finesse hearts with the HT and H3 and then win the trump race (SJ, run hearts). If a diamond puts you on the board, finesse a heart to hand, ruff a club, and finesse another heart to hand and win the trump race.

As for the lead, how about the club Q? Maybe you can figure out what to do next.

[Jinksy]

Not time to think about the first hand, but on the second I like the A♥ lead. I'm not sure if P's X shows a) a useful void or b) peevishness, but this gives me the chance to find out. He might also have a stiff H on the auction I think, so if he remembers to signal to that effect maybe I can give him a second round ruff, in which case the club Q might be the entry for a second undertrick.

[WellSpyder]

Jinksy, on 2015-June-16, 10:41, said:

He might also have a stiff H on the auction I think, so if he remembers to signal to that effect maybe I can give him a second round ruff, in which case the club Q might be the entry for a second undertrick.

Maybe I have misunderstood, but how is partner supposed to play his H in order to signal that it is stiff?

[antonylee]

WellSpyder, on 2015-June-16, 10:53, said:

Maybe I have misunderstood, but how is partner supposed to play his H in order to signal that it is stiff?

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[nige1]

antonylee, on 2015-June-15, 22:53, said:

On the 3rd board of a 7-board sectional Swiss,
in then top 3rd of the field
(you probably won a couple of overtrick imps in the first two boards),
partner aggressively puts you in 4♠.
How do you proceed on the ♣K lead?

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A couple of boards later,
you need to find a lead after a spirited auction:

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IMO:

• As declarer in 4♠, play RHO for 4324 or similar shape.: Ruff ♣ lead. ♥ finesse, ♣ ruff, ♥ finesse. ♥A (over-ruffing if necessary), ♦A ♦ ruff. ♣A. I you've survived so far, then you have 8 tricks (3 x ♥s, 1 x ♦, 1 x ♦ ruff, 1 x ♣, 2 x ♣ ruff). Now ruff a ♥ with ♠Q. hoping to make 2 more trump tricks. If you judge that LHO rather than RHO has the ♥K, then you could play a similar line ruff-finessing LHO for ♥K instead.
• On lead against 5♦, ♣ = 10. ♦ = 8. ♥A = 7. ♠ = 5.