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#1 User is offline   Phil 

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Posted 2010-September-13, 14:42

Scoring: IMP

Dealer is South

1N - 2♣ (!)
2♠ - 4N
5♠ - 6N

South (a friendly pro) volunteers they don't have any agreements about 4N.

You lead the ♥10, 2, K, 6.

Pard shifts to the ♠5. Declarer wins the A and fires four more spades at you. Pard started with ♠T87542, and pitches the 4 and 7.

Plan your discards. Dummy sheds a diamond on the 4th spade.
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Posted 2010-September-13, 14:47

Before answering, can we count on partner to have signalled here or are we on our own?
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Posted 2010-September-13, 14:51

I only asked that so I didn't get gnashered :P Now that I look at the hand, pitching 2 clubs a diamond and a heart guarantees the set imo unless declarer has QT98 of diamonds and KJx of clubs in which case I can't do anything, anything else gets me progressive squeezed.
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Posted 2010-September-13, 15:00

JLOGIC, on Sep 13 2010, 03:51 PM, said:

I only asked that so I didn't get gnashered :P Now that I look at the hand, pitching 2 clubs a diamond and a heart guarantees the set imo unless declarer has QT98 of diamonds and KJx of clubs in which case I can't do anything, anything else gets me progressive squeezed.

Well, I'm your pard, so I hope so.

Later I'll give you my hand and tell me if there is something more I can do.
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Posted 2010-September-13, 15:11

JLOGIC, on Sep 13 2010, 12:51 PM, said:

I only asked that so I didn't get gnashered :P Now that I look at the hand, pitching 2 clubs a diamond and a heart guarantees the set imo unless declarer has QT98 of diamonds and KJx of clubs in which case I can't do anything, anything else gets me progressive squeezed.

That's nice, what do you pitch on the fifth spade?

edited out random stuff that was vaguely relevant when declarer seemed to have 5 spades
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Posted 2010-September-13, 15:13

karlson, on Sep 13 2010, 04:11 PM, said:

That's nice, what do you pitch on the fifth spade?

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Partner has 6 and dummy has 3 so I'm playing declarer for 4 spades!
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Posted 2010-September-13, 15:15

Sorry, I was concentrating on "wins the ♠A and fires four more spades at you." Seemed plausible to me. I didn't read partner's original holding.
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Posted 2010-September-13, 15:16

Phil, on Sep 13 2010, 04:00 PM, said:

JLOGIC, on Sep 13 2010, 03:51 PM, said:

I only asked that so I didn't get gnashered :P Now that I look at the hand, pitching 2 clubs a diamond and a heart guarantees the set imo unless declarer has QT98 of diamonds and KJx of clubs in which case I can't do anything, anything else gets me progressive squeezed.

Well, I'm your pard, so I hope so.

Later I'll give you my hand and tell me if there is something more I can do.

As usual signalling is irrelevant on this hand since we have a virtually guaranteed set heh
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Posted 2010-September-13, 15:18

karlson, on Sep 13 2010, 04:15 PM, said:

Sorry, I was concentrating on "wins the ♠A and fires four more spades at you." Seemed plausible to me. I didn't read partner's original holding.

My bad - but the diagram is pretty clear about partner's spade holding.
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Posted 2010-September-13, 15:24

Unless I'm missing something, this is the 'standard' defence to a progressive squeeze: you let dummy's suit go, otherwise you will get squeezed again on the suit you unguard.
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Posted 2010-September-13, 15:29

FrancesHinden, on Sep 13 2010, 04:24 PM, said:

Unless I'm missing something, this is the 'standard' defence to a progressive squeeze: you let dummy's suit go, otherwise you will get squeezed again on the suit you unguard.

yup I agree
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Posted 2010-September-13, 15:38

Wow, I learned something today.
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Posted 2010-September-13, 15:43



Yes - this is the kind of ending that you read about in Love or Kelsey but rarely see at the table.

Pitching a heart is the winning play. As long as pard can beat dummy's 2nd diamond, we have a beat.
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Posted 2010-September-13, 15:54

I assume you mean three more ♠ for a total of 4 discards?
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