Well I made more mistakes than I should have, but here we go.
2. Bid these hands.
Jx
QT
Jx
AKQxxxx
AKx
Axxx
AKTxx
T
North deals.
18. You declare 3N on the lead of the DT.
Jxxx
xx
Kxx
AK9x
Kx
AQxx
AJx
Q8xx
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1.
ReplyDelete1C 1D
2C 2H
3C 3NT
5C 6C
The reverse in hearts is forcing. North should have a pretty good idea that south is 3451. At IMPs, 5C looks like the safer contract, at MPs this might be more of a challenge to bid. If north bids 5C, I think 6C is a reasonable shot for south. He's covering 5 outside tricks, and partner does have opening points, after all.
2. I see 7 top tricks, 8 if clubs are 3/2.
Win in hand. Q, then K of clubs. Now I know whether I need 1 or 2 tricks from the majors.
Now the heart finesse. The advantage is, if it loses, I don't fear either major suit return. If I try spades first and lose, I'll have a decision to make on a low spade return.
I took this line as well. The problem is that righty will drive the diamonds before you set up a spade trick.
ReplyDeleteRHO had both the spade AQ, heart K and QT98x of diamonds, so you go down with this line.
On this hand, testing the spades first works. You have to lose the lead to set up a spade trick, but you don't have to lose the lead to set up a heart trick.
True, you go down if RHO has Qxxxx of spades and the HK all along.
There are other possibilities, like ducking hearts, but that completely gives up on spades.