How do you run this suit ?

[Dave Flower]

At Towcester last night we were defending 3NT on an uninformative auction (effectively 1NT 2NT 3NT).

This was the lie of the club suit:
6 5 4
A Q 8 K J 10 7 3
9 2

East was on lead at trick 3, with no side entry.
Looking at all four hands, cashing five tricks is trivial, but in the real world I cannot see how it can be achieved.

Any comments ?

Dave Flower

[Jeff Miller]

Post by Dave Flower
At Towcester last night we were defending 3NT on an uninformative auction (effectively 1NT 2NT 3NT).
6 5 4
A Q 8 K J 10 7 3
9 2
East was on lead at trick 3, with no side entry.
Looking at all four hands, cashing five tricks is trivial, but in the real world I cannot see how it can be achieved.
Any comments ?
Dave Flower

Playing 10 as 0 or 2 higher, it could be done. East leads the 10, and west works out to overtake because declarer would surely cover with KJx.

[jogs]

Post by Jeff Miller

Post by Dave Flower
At Towcester last night we were defending 3NT on an uninformative auction (effectively 1NT 2NT 3NT).
6 5 4
A Q 8 K J 10 7 3
9 2
East was on lead at trick 3, with no side entry.
Looking at all four hands, cashing five tricks is trivial, but in the real world I cannot see how it can be achieved.
Any comments ?
Dave Flower

Playing 10 as 0 or 2 higher, it could be done. East leads the 10, and west works out to overtake because declarer would surely cover with KJx.

This is the style of many of the stronger pairs.

[smn]

Post by Dave Flower
At Towcester last night we were defending 3NT on an uninformative auction (effectively 1NT 2NT 3NT).
6 5 4
A Q 8 K J 10 7 3
9 2
East was on lead at trick 3, with no side entry.
Looking at all four hands, cashing five tricks is trivial, but in the real world I cannot see how it can be achieved.
Any comments ?
Dave Flower

I assume South is declarer ,west led some other suit and east got in on trick 3 .Even in standard leads if East leads the J this frequently shows Kj10xx so I as west would overtake with the Q (unblocking ) cash my A and lead the 8 .What am I missing ? smn

[Eddie Grove]

Post by Dave Flower
At Towcester last night we were defending 3NT on an uninformative auction (effectively 1NT 2NT 3NT).
6 5 4
A Q 8 K J 10 7 3
9 2
East was on lead at trick 3, with no side entry.
Looking at all four hands, cashing five tricks is trivial, but in the real world I cannot see how it can be achieved.
Any comments ?

Presumably East needs to show his entry is the CK. I'd lead a low club.

The usual point of leading the J is to pick up Qxx, but then we are only
taking two tricks in the suit. Leading low sets up a trick for
declarer's Qxx if partner does not have C9 and the ability to place
declarer with CQ, but if we can't take 3 tricks outside this suit that
may not matter.

Eddie

[jogs]

Post by Dave Flower
At Towcester last night we were defending 3NT on an uninformative auction (effectively 1NT 2NT 3NT).
6 5 4
A Q 8 K J 10 7 3
9 2
East was on lead at trick 3, with no side entry.
Looking at all four hands, cashing five tricks is trivial, but in the real world I cannot see how it can be achieved.
Any comments ?
Dave Flower

While most players seem to be count freaks, I
like attitude leads. My East would lead the
C3.