Re: Bidding after opponent's Michaels

On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:07:32 -0700 (PDT), OldPalooka
<ashutts1@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Jul 30, 7:55 pm, dranon <dra...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:49:38 -0700 (PDT), OldPalooka





<ashut...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jul 30, 11:27 am, dranon <dra...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:07:04 -0700 (PDT), OldPalooka

<ashut...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jul 30, 9:53 am, Herb <H...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
      EAST
      S  J
      H  KQJT74
      D  -
      C  AKQ986

Dlr S

The Bidding:

S    W    N    E

P    1C   2C*   ?

* Michaels, for the majors

Where do you go from here?

   - Herb

Cute, partner has a perfectly ordinary AQxx x AQx Txxxx. We belong in
6NT, and 6C goes set because the CJ scores on 2 rounds of hearts.

I can count to 11, but not to 12.- Hide quoted text -

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Count again: 11 tricks and North is squeezed or strip squeezed [ok,
not 100%, but some of the time South holds both Kings and is squeezed
by accident when North wins the wrong heart].  There is a good chance
he is pseudo endplayed on lead and does not realize he needs to lead a
low heart to posptpone the inevitable.

I'm just confused, that's all.  Squeezing N with E's long suit seems
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North bid Michaels, Herb was East (dummy), West is declarer. North
leads a low heart won in dummy who continues with 2 more high hearts
ducked as declarer sheds a spade and a diamond. Declarer now plays AK
and a club to hand and cashes the DA throwing a heart, then runs
clubs, coming down to AQ -- Q -- opposite J Tx -- --

Ah, thank you.
.

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