[mike777]

T4
K8
AT9543
K74

1S=4S

P LEADS A OF SPADES(NICE). YOU PLAY SUIT PREF HERE.
1)WHAT DO YOU PLAY AND WHY?

DUMMY IS:
K8653
QT95
Q7
Q5

2) FOR BETTER OR WORSE YOU PLAY 4. P LEADS 2 OF CLUBS, (WELL WE REALLY DID NOT EXPECT P TO BE PERFECT AND LEAD D). DUMMY PLAYS LOW, WHAT DO YOU PLAY AND MOST IMPORTANT WHY?
3) DO YOU THINK YOU COULD FIND THIS LOGIC AT THE TABLE IN 30 SECONDS UNDER PRESSURE?

[GijsH]

1. ♠4 asking for a minor switch.
2. ♣7, I hope declarer has:

QJ974
A2
J5
AJ93

or worse ♣
playing the K enables declarer to discard a ♦ on the ♣jack.
now declarer has to guess how to play the 2nd ♣ round.

3. yes, maybe not work out all ♣ combinations, but putting in the king cannot be right, you need the king to smother the queen.

[Brandal]

mike777, on Mar 9 2005, 12:46 AM, said:

T4
K8
AT9543
K74

1S=4S

P LEADS A OF SPADES(NICE). YOU PLAY SUIT PREF HERE.
1)WHAT DO YOU PLAY AND WHY?

DUMMY IS:
K8653
QT95
Q7
Q5

2) FOR BETTER OR WORSE YOU PLAY 4. P LEADS 2 OF CLUBS, (WELL WE REALLY DID NOT EXPECT P TO BE PERFECT AND LEAD D). DUMMY PLAYS LOW, WHAT DO YOU PLAY AND MOST IMPORTANT WHY?
3) DO YOU THINK YOU COULD FIND THIS LOGIC AT THE TABLE IN 30 SECONDS UNDER PRESSURE?

After 1S-4S and 5 spades in dummy I would
expect my pd to reason I might have single
trump and not put any emphasis on either the
4 or the 10.

Suit pref on a trump ace lead sounds a bit
off to me,with single 10 he would shift H and
that might very well give declarer extra trick(s).

However if my pd shift to club,I would lay the K
because declarer will probably have at least A8x
avoiding club losers anyway if I lay the 7,and I
would expect pd to play the J from J10x and there
is also a chance of pd having the ace,and declarer
will only need to ruff one club to play the J good if he
holds AJTx

[Brandal]

I should probably add that I didn't qualify for
Cavendish this year(or ever)