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Ethics question, plus a defense hand bonus...

#21 User is offline   brianshark 

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Posted 2009-January-28, 07:49

I have no sympathy for the defenders in this situation whatsoever. Inferences should be taken at their own risk, and if they can't see that declarer has a decision to make (and therefore a bridge reason to think) even if he has AK, then it's their own shortcomings.

It would be different if you had KQx in hand opposite a doubleton (with a trump suit for additional rounds of the suit. Playing an honour is automatic, and which honour doesn't matter. Here, if you think for ages for some reason, you should play the Q.
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Posted 2009-January-28, 23:26

The people who say that you have to win with the King are probably the same people who think that if you hesitate and pass during the auction then you effectively bar partner. There are no such simple rules about UI.
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