Re: Declaring NT: When to Play Your Weakest Suit
- From: Andrew <agumperz@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2007 16:04:15 -0700
On Oct 5, 3:15 am, rhm <r...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Oct 5, 3:48 am,Andrew<agump...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Oct 4, 6:40 am, ~|_ukasz <lukasz_niespamic_@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Jordan:
An example of declarer's and dummy's hands, and an explanation of your
reasoning, would be most helpful.
I have read some comments that it doesn't work
and experts don't do it, so...
Bermuda Bowl 2007, Round 10 (yes, yesterday),
Poland (5th place now) vs. South Africa (3rd).
Board #2.
T92
J7
KQJ3
Q982
K4 AJ86
AT3 9642
642 98
T7654 AK3
Q753
KQ85
AT75
J
W
1NT(12-14) pass....
Declarer is K. Martens.
Lead: H5.
1. H5, x, J, x
2. H7, x, Q, A
3. Dx, K(?!), x, x (yes, that's IT; DK is probably a falsecard)
This is a standard defensive carding convention when splitting honors.
When *declarer* leads a suit, the defender in second seat splits with
the highest honor.
Here is why. Suppose declarer had held the ace. If you split with the
king and declarer plays the ace, then partner knows you have the
queen. Why would you put up the king otherwise? If instead you split
with the Jack, and declarer plays Ace, partner will not whether you
started with QJ or KQJ.
Unless he thought the DK was stiff, South should have known he could
safely underlead the DA to the Queen.
Andrew
Can you quote any authoritative source or literature for what you deem
"standard defensive carding" ?
Of course I can. Edwin Kantar described this defensive convention more
than 20 years ago in his books on defense.
Second hand has often to play high, particularly at notrumps to
protect partner's entry or in this case because North apparently
thought that clubs had to be led from his side. I do not buy that King
diamonds must be a stiff card if unprotected by lower honors. Can you
blame North, that he thought partner more likely to have the AJ of
clubs instead of the ace of diamonds when declarer leads a diamond?
no.
Experts have been known to open one 1NT with a stiff king or ace (of
clubs) in a suit. As South I might well assume the King of diamonds
was played unprotected in case South had as here the ace.
You have a point. North could have removed the ambiguity by continuing
with the DJ, but it was not an obvious play.
There are good arguments for every honor
playing the jack from KQJ, which I consider standard,
the queen, which may be better, because it is less likely that you
would play this card without the King, but creates doubt about the
jack
The fact that you are even considering playing the queen points out
the inferiority of splitting with the lowest honor in second seat.
the King, which I would not consider to be standard. I assume that
this would mean you would have to play the ace form ace king, which
is problematic.
Granted many players are ignorant of this convention, but among
American experts splitting with the top honor in second seat to show a
lower touching honor is well-known.
Andrew
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