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Sorry, the orientation of this diagram is confusing. You are East; South is the dummy.
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You lead a top club and cash a second one. Playing standard signals, partner follows up the line with two low clubs and declarer does likewise.
And now?
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Posted 2013-April-15, 14:24
Sorry, the orientation of this diagram is confusing. You are East; South is the dummy.
IMPs
You lead a top club and cash a second one. Playing standard signals, partner follows up the line with two low clubs and declarer does likewise.
And now?
Brian Weikle
I say what it occurs to me to say when I think I hear people say things; more, I cannot say.
I say what it occurs to me to say when I think I hear people say things; more, I cannot say.
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Posted 2013-April-16, 00:49
Spade switch can cost: Q/AKQxx/xxx/Jxxx. Diamond switch can't pick up the suit but can give declarer the guess. This could (though more slowly) set up a suit for discards, but I find it difficult to construct a layout. Heart switch can save declarer the guess. Club continuation seems unlikely to work (e.g. xxx/AKQxx/x/JTxx, when it gives away the contract).
I think a diamond is both safest and closest to what partner has signalled for. I play the ♦2.
I think a diamond is both safest and closest to what partner has signalled for. I play the ♦2.
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Posted 2013-April-16, 01:06
Not sure if it's applicable for your partnership, but for me partner's first club would be count (one of those "attitude is known" cases) so the second one would be SP for ♦.
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