Defence Problem
NORTH (Dummy)
♠ QJ105
♥ 973
♦ Q94
♣ K102
WEST (You)
♠ AK4
♥ A642
♦ 108
♣J654
South is in four spades. You lead 10 of diamonds to 4,2, ace. South plays 2 of spades and you win with the ace. Partner discards the queen of hearts.
What do you lead now? Submit your answer by clicking on the 'comments' button below this post.
Answer :
The discard of the queen of hearts denies the king. If you, therefore lead a heart at any stage declarer will make the king. A club lead could take a finesse for declarer so safest is to continue diamonds.
With permission from Abingdon Bridge Club
http://www.ckbridge.freeserve.co.uk/
posted by Joe Ridyard at 8:17 pm
3 Comments:
The Queen of hearts should deny the King so a heart switch is out of the question, which means that South has the King. So its got to be a diamond or a club. I'd be inclined to continue diamonds, no bidding is shown which leaves one a little on the dark but has probably gone 1s 3s 4s. The heart may be a suit prefernce signal for diamonds so I'm definitely going to continue that suit.
When making a high discard always make the highest you can afford so the Q denies the K which could have been discarded from K,Q. Also it is clear that Partner can have very little in high card points and declarer has 6 trumps
What discard system is in use?. If playing "high discards request the suit" then partner wants a heart and started with at least Q,J if not Q,J,10. Cash Ace and play another H losing to K. When in with the top trump play another heart and hope declarer started with 3.
If playing McKenney Q of H asks for a diamond
Brian Aspinall
Actually I have had second thoughts,- in the heart scenario above Partner would need to start with four and therefore the third round would get ruffed. For it to work partner needs to start with 3 and so you would have to underlead the ace.
I would never find it at the table
Post a Comment
<< Home