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Posted 2015-November-15, 16:02



Matchpoints. You can double 4 if you wish.

You lead 6 - 2 - 10 - A.

You duck declarer's K, then win A next time as partner pitches 4.

Figuring that shows good clubs, you switch to 5 - 9 - 10 - A.

Declarer now leads 9. And you?
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Posted 2015-November-15, 17:15

Pitch a club?
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Posted 2015-November-16, 00:15

View Postshevek, on 2015-November-15, 16:02, said:


You duck declarer's K, then win A next time as partner pitches 2.

Figuring that shows good clubs, you switch to 5 - 9 - 10 - A.



You showed 2 in dummy. Would your partner open 2nd seat unfavorable vul 2 on QJTxxx x xx QTxx? I hope not. You have 3 trump tricks, and if K wins, it is down one. The solution seems to be ruff 9 and play small club to partner's marked Q. If that wins,down one,if declarer ruffs,partner is 6=1=2=4 and you have to hope partner indeed has the Qx doubleton. If you pitch,you will be endplayed and forced to leads fromT8 into declarer's J9 at trick 12. You win 2 and a diamond, not enough.

At MP I double 100% of time here.



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Posted 2015-November-16, 00:16

Too many trumps ...

While it looks right right to pitch a club, on the actual you have to ruff in, to shorten your trumps.



If declarer is 2-6-4-1 as in this layout, ruffing in does not give declarer a useful pitch.
You make your three natural trump tricks plus a diamond at the end.

If you pitch a club instead, declarer ruffs two clubs then plays A-another, to win the last two tricks with J-9 for +420.
If declarer is 2-6-3-2, you are safe whether you ruff in or not, assuming partner has the Q.
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Posted 2015-November-16, 00:18

View Postinquiry, on 2015-November-16, 00:15, said:

You showed 2 in dummy. Would your partner open 2nd seat unfavorable vul 2 on QJTxxx x xx QTxx? I hope not. You have 3 trump tricks, and if K wins, it is down one. The solution seems to be ruff 9 and play small club to partner's marked Q. If that wins,down one,if declarer ruffs,partner is 6=1=2=4 and you have to hope partner indeed has the Qx doubleton. If you pitch,you will be endplayed and forced to leads fromT8 into declarer's J9 at trick 12. You win 2 and a diamond, not enough.

At MP I double 100% of time here.


Yes! Beat me to it.
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