This
deal is from an online matchpoint duplicate.
After
the above auction, South played four spades.
The three diamond bid was described as at least
three diamonds with at least the queen, forcing to
three spades.
West
led the eight of hearts to the queen, king and
seven. What do you do now? What would
you do if playing imps?
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North's
diamond holding is critical. If she holds AQx
of diamonds you need to cash out quickly before she
makes eleven tricks, on the other hand if she holds
Axx of diamonds cashing the second heart will allow
her to avoid a diamond loser by throwing one on the
heart jack. At imps it is clear to cash the
club ace and exit with a black card in the hope that
she has Axx diamonds. However, at matchpoints
you are faced with a very difficult guess.
Perhaps South would just jump to four spades with
Kxxxx, xx, AQx, xxx so maybe you should defend
passively, but it is a very close decision.
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