[Fluffy]

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You are south, dummy is East, partner leads ♣J declarer winning ♣A. Declarer plays ♦2, partner ♦10 (std carding)

a) what do you do if dummy ducks ♦10?
b) what do you do if dummy covers with ♦Q?

[bluecalm]

Overtaking and shooting the spade back seems like automatic thing to do.
With some luck we will lock declarer in hand and take 3 heart tricks if he is 5-Jxx-xx-AKx or something.
I fail to come up with any layout when it matters assuming all players played rationally though.

[Fluffy]

I overtook and played a trump, and losed a trick due to that, I think that if you think just a bit deeper you will find the right defence.

[bluecalm]

I really fail to see significant layout unless declarer played us for AK second failing to put up the queen of diamonds.
Could you please post the full hand ? I am curios.

[Fluffy]

The answer was to kill dummy's entry before diamonds were high. Just ducking ♦10 would work if declarer doesn't put the queen.

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I won the diamond and played a spade, then declarer played more diamonds and it was late for clubs now, another diamond set a trick in dummy, and a heart was pitched on 4th diamond after ruffing a club in dummy.

[JLOGIC]

Nothing you can do if he covers the diamond. He tried to give your partner an entry for a heart through but you overtook

I think you don't need to figure out the hand exactly to realize not to overtake, you have an entry in both red suits as well as a tenace in both red suit. There is no rush to play a trump, there could be a rush to get a heart through/not set up the diamonds

[Fluffy]

JLOGIC, on 2012-June-09, 13:09, said:

Nothing you can do if he covers the diamond. He tried to give your partner an entry for a heart through but you overtook

You can play clubs untill you make dummy ruff, that way 3 diamonds, 2hearts and 2 spades cash. Remember partner led ♣J

[JLOGIC]

Fluffy, on 2012-June-09, 14:53, said:

You can play clubs untill you make dummy ruff, that way 3 diamonds, 2hearts and 2 spades cash. Remember partner led ♣J

nope!

edit: but seriously partner has no entry you just get endplayed into playing a red suit.

[Fluffy]

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