Advanced Exercise 4K93 by Richard Pavlicek

When Partner Switches

Mommy, mommy! Why didn’t you return my suit?

Sorry, it never came back from the dry cleaners.

As West, you lead a heart (not shown) against 3 NT. East wins, but he switches to a spade and South follows as shown. Which card should you normally play?

1.
A Q 4
K 9 8 [W - E] 2
3

What is your play? _____

2.
K 6 5
A J 9 [W - E] 3
2

What is your play? _____

3.
A Q 7
K 8 6 5 [W - E] 10
2

What is your play? _____

4.
Q 5 4
A J 7 [W - E] 9
10

What is your play? _____

5.
K 4 3
A 8 7 [W - E] J
2

What is your play? _____

6.
A 8 7
K 6 3 2 [W - E] 10
Q

What is your play? _____

7.
Q 10 9
J 7 3 [W - E] 5
2

What is your play? _____

8.
K 6 2
A 10 5 [W - E] 4
8

What is your play? _____

9.
Q 7 3
A 10 5 [W - E] 4
6

What is your play? _____

10.
Q 4
K 10 7 6 [W - E] 9
2

What is your play? _____

11.
9 4 3
A 10 2 [W - E] Q
5

What is your play? _____

12.
J 9 2
A 8 [W - E] K
3

What is your play? _____

Answers

2. 9

3. 6

4. J

5. 8

6. 2

7. 3

8. 10

9. A

10. 7

11. 2

12. A