Plan the defence

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You hold as North (all vuln):

97
A876
T843
653

N E S W
P 1S
P 2D P 2H
P 3H P 4S

Your lead.

[Lorne]

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97
A876
T843
653
N E S W
P 1S
P 2D P 2H
P 3H P 4S
Your lead.

I want to know if W is a decent player or not (ie can I trust his
bidding?) and also if it is IMP or MP scoring.

A decent W will have about 6+ spades and less than 4 hearts with some
slam ambitions which faded after E did nothing helpful over the forcing
2H bid. My best chance to beat it is partner having 2 tricks and a
heart ruff so I defend on the basis the oppo have a 4-3 heart fit and
lead a low heart in the hope partner can win the first trump, play a
heart to my ace, get a ruff and cash or wait for another trick in a minor.

If W is a weak player I will assume they have a 4-4 heart fit and start
with A and another heart.

[a***@yahoo.co.uk]

Post by Lorne

Post by a***@yahoo.co.uk
97
A876
T843
653
N E S W
P 1S
P 2D P 2H
P 3H P 4S
Your lead.

I want to know if W is a decent player or not (ie can I trust his
bidding?) and also if it is IMP or MP scoring.
A decent W will have about 6+ spades and less than 4 hearts with some
slam ambitions which faded after E did nothing helpful over the forcing
2H bid. My best chance to beat it is partner having 2 tricks and a
heart ruff so I defend on the basis the oppo have a 4-3 heart fit and
lead a low heart in the hope partner can win the first trump, play a
heart to my ace, get a ruff and cash or wait for another trick in a minor.
If W is a weak player I will assume they have a 4-4 heart fit and start
with A and another heart.

I would estimate weak, he had thrown a top at us on the previous board by failing to raise a 2NT re-bid by East showing a balanced 18-19 HCP, whilst holding 8 HCP. It was MPs.

My partner decided that on the auction, I had a singleton heart, so she led ace and another. This was the full deal:

97
A876
T843
653
AKQJ3 65
KT52 Q93
K AQJ96
J74 T82
T842
J4
752
AKQ9

Unfortunately I didn't have a singleton heart, nor a trump winner, so after winning the heart continuation, declarer drew trumps and cashed the diamonds and hearts for 12 tricks.

At the time I asked my partner why she hadn't switched to a club after seeing a dangerous diamond suit in dummy. When she told me she had four hearts and thought I could get a ruff I understood her thinking. She was duffed up by some rather strange bidding.

[Pubkeybreaker]

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Post by Lorne

Post by a***@yahoo.co.uk
97
A876
T843
653
N E S W
P 1S
P 2D P 2H
P 3H P 4S
Your lead.

I want to know if W is a decent player or not (ie can I trust his
bidding?) and also if it is IMP or MP scoring.
A decent W will have about 6+ spades and less than 4 hearts with some
slam ambitions which faded after E did nothing helpful over the forcing
2H bid. My best chance to beat it is partner having 2 tricks and a
heart ruff so I defend on the basis the oppo have a 4-3 heart fit and
lead a low heart in the hope partner can win the first trump, play a
heart to my ace, get a ruff and cash or wait for another trick in a minor.
If W is a weak player I will assume they have a 4-4 heart fit and start
with A and another heart.

I would estimate weak, he had thrown a top at us on the previous board by failing to raise a 2NT re-bid by East showing a balanced 18-19 HCP, whilst holding 8 HCP. It was MPs.
97
A876
T843
653
AKQJ3 65
KT52 Q93
K AQJ96
J74 T82
T842
J4
752
AKQ9
Unfortunately I didn't have a singleton heart, nor a trump winner, so after winning the heart continuation, declarer drew trumps and cashed the diamonds and hearts for 12 tricks.
At the time I asked my partner why she hadn't switched to a club after seeing a dangerous diamond suit in dummy. When she told me she had four hearts and thought I could get a ruff I understood her thinking. She was duffed up by some rather strange bidding.

Your partner is a blithering idiot. She continued hearts after seeing ONLY
3 hearts in dummy????

[Will in New Haven]

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Post by Lorne

Post by a***@yahoo.co.uk
97
A876
T843
653
N E S W
P 1S
P 2D P 2H
P 3H P 4S
Your lead.

I want to know if W is a decent player or not (ie can I trust his
bidding?) and also if it is IMP or MP scoring.
A decent W will have about 6+ spades and less than 4 hearts with some
slam ambitions which faded after E did nothing helpful over the forcing
2H bid. My best chance to beat it is partner having 2 tricks and a
heart ruff so I defend on the basis the oppo have a 4-3 heart fit and
lead a low heart in the hope partner can win the first trump, play a
heart to my ace, get a ruff and cash or wait for another trick in a minor.
If W is a weak player I will assume they have a 4-4 heart fit and start
with A and another heart.

I would estimate weak, he had thrown a top at us on the previous board by failing to raise a 2NT re-bid by East showing a balanced 18-19 HCP, whilst holding 8 HCP. It was MPs.
97
A876
T843
653
AKQJ3 65
KT52 Q93
K AQJ96
J74 T82
T842
J4
752
AKQ9
Unfortunately I didn't have a singleton heart, nor a trump winner, so after winning the heart continuation, declarer drew trumps and cashed the diamonds and hearts for 12 tricks.
At the time I asked my partner why she hadn't switched to a club after seeing a dangerous diamond suit in dummy. When she told me she had four hearts and thought I could get a ruff I understood her thinking. She was duffed up by some rather strange bidding.

Was the dummy invisible?