Defenders use conventional and signals, which give you many clues about Strength and Shape: the Rule of 11 is the most obvious one. But you must know what system they use, so just ask! is Hi-Lo for even count and Hi for positive Attitude and Lo for negative. “Standard” 1. Q82 Contract: West’s Lead: 7. 3NT 7 ? Declarer thinks for 2 seconds and the whole “sees” distribution of Spade cards and HCP in both the East and A54 West hands! What? Can you do that? Take all the you need . . . “seconds” 2. 654 Contract: West’s Lead: Q; East plays the 9. 3NT Q 9 Declarer thinks for 2 seconds and the distribution “sees” A72 of all cards and HCP in both East and West hands. WHAT !? Can you figure it out? Again, take all the seconds you need. (But no peeking allowed) 93 Contract: West’s lead: 5. East plays the Q and you win with the K. 3. K32 3NT Now what? If Spades split 4 4, you are home with 3 – QT2 Spade losers and the A, but if Spades are 5 3, you’re – KQ864 down. (You should be in 5♦ anyhow.) 5 Q K82 But, if Clubs split 3 3, you can take 9 tricks before – AQ9 losing to the A and then losing 3 or 4 Spade tricks. A3 But if you take AKQ and don’t split, then you’ll also lose another Club trick down two. – How can you find out about Clubs as safely as possible? Discovery Signals Problem Answers – 1. Q82 West’s lead: 7. Some shape and Contract: 3NT. West’s opening lead. Why this
Defenders use conventional and signals, which give you many clues about Strength and Shape: the Rule of 11 is the most obvious one. But you must know what system they use, so just ask! “Standard” is Hi-Lo for even count and Hi for positive Attitude and Lo for negative. 1. Q82 Contract: 3NT West’s Lead: 7. Declarer thinks for 2 seconds and “sees” the whole distribution of Spade cards and HCP in both the East and West hands! What? Can you do that? Take all the “seconds” you need . . . 7 ? A54 2. 654 Contract: 3NT West’s Lead: Q; East plays the 9. Declarer thinks for 2 seconds and “sees” the distribution of all cards and HCP in both East and West hands. WHAT !? Can you figure it out? Again, take all the seconds you need. (But no peeking allowed) Q 9 A72 3. 93 K32 QT2 KQ864 Contract: 3NT West’s lead: 5. East plays the Q and you win with the K. Now what? If Spades split 4 – 4, you are home with 3 Spade losers and the A, but if Spades are 5 – 3, you’re down. (You should be in 5♦ anyhow.) But, if Clubs split 3 – 3, you can take 9 tricks before losing to the A and then losing 3 or 4 Spade tricks. But if you take AKQ and don’t split, then you’ll also lose another Club trick – down two. How can you find out about Clubs as safely as possible? 5 Q K82 AQ9 A3 Discovery – Signals Problem Answers 1. Q82 Contract: 3NT. West’s lead: 7. Some shape and West’s opening lead. Why this
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