[Phil]

IMPs, short matches, mixed competition.

1. w/w KQ9xx Ax AKQxx x

2♣ - pass - pass - ?

2♣ is Precisionish - 6+ ♣'s or 5♣ + 4cM, 11-16.


2. w/r Qx x AK AT9xxxxx

(1♦) - 2♣ - (4♠) - 4N
(x) - 5♣ - (5♠) - pass
(pass) - ?

3.

Scoring: IMP

1♦ - pass - 2♣ - 2♥
pass - pass - dbl - pass
pass - rdbl - pass - 2♠
pass - pass - 3♦ - pass
3N - AP

You lead the spade spot, x, K, x
2. ♠10, x, J, x
3. ♠Q, ♦x, ♠x, A
4. Low heart....your discard?

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[Echognome]

1. Double (will bid spades next)

2. Pass

3. Diamond.

[Hanoi5]

X
6♣
A club. Painfully. Scratch that, a diamond, why do I need 5...

[rogerclee]

1) Double

2) Assuming 4N was hearts + clubs I'm going to bid 6C. If partner has the HA this might make. If partner doesn't then we will have a hard time cashing our slow heart trick anyway since our hands are going to be severed. It's going to be a pretty epic fail if partner has the HA and 2 spades, but I'm prepared to take that risk.

3) First of all I think the redouble is bad, we only have 4 spades and nowhere else to run, so I would just take my medicine. It seems to have worked out well though, I guess you knew your customers.

Anyway this is a weird hand. It seems like declarer is 4342 though so I would go with the natural play of pitching a diamond.

[Phil]

On the 3rd if you ditch a low diamond, declarer wins the K and plays a heart towards hid hand, partner playing the Q and she wins her KIng, and exits the ♥T.

Two more pitches please (sorry if this is obvious).

[Hanoi5]

Clubs, now.

Oooops. Diamonds, even if declarer is missing an honor (singleton in partner's hand) he can only arrive at 8 tricks. So partner holding the ♣J is our only hope.

Gotta think these through a little more.

[Echognome]

I'll go with more diamonds. Partner did play the ♥Q (while presumably holding the J) to help us out. If declarer has ♣Ax and partner ♣Jx, I need to hold onto all of my clubs.

[Phil]

1. I posted this because I was curious if anyone played 4♦ as ♦ + a M. What else can it be? Partner bid 3♣ with this (?!). I held 224(♣QJxxx - double is juicy since RHO has only 5 clubs.

2. Pard bid 6♣ wd. I held void KJTxxx xxxx Jxx and played it x'd. Teammates played 6♠ - and were allowed to make it on a misdefense.

3. I agree the diamond pitch seems pretty easy. And the 2nd diamond pitch is really easy after the ♥Q. The hand was something like:

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[P_Marlowe]

Hi,

#1 X, if you play 3C as spades + ?, than this is certainly better,
but I guess, this would show the majors
#2 X
#3 I guess, a diamond.

With kind regards
Marlowe

PS: We play 4D as diamonds and a major.