I'm based near London, England and fit as much bridge as I can round my day job working in corporate treasury. I'm also vice-chairman of the EBU Laws & Ethics Committee. I play a complex system but find defence and declarer play more interesting than 'assign the blame' bidding problems.
Read more »After a long discussion at dinner we may or may not have come to any consensus on how to get this right, but we had the benefit of knowing all four hands.
1♣ was natural or balanced, but 3NT is ‘likely to be based on long clubs’
Double showed 4-4 in the majors
Partner, who is a very strong player (will be playing in the Bermuda Bowl this year), leads the ace of hearts.
You encourage
Partner continues with the 10 of hearts, covered with dummy’s queen and your king.
Declarer has followed with the 7 and 4; the only pip you haven’t seen in the 3.
(use the 'next' button to see the first two tricks)
Do you cash the third heart? If not, what do you play now (I suggest either a spade or a diamond)
If you cash the third heart, what do you switch to if partner follows with the 3 and declarer discards a diamond?
If you do cash the third heart and partner discards, he will tell you what suit to switch to (so I'm not including that in the options)
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