| ♠ | Q T |
|---|---|
| ♥ | A Q 6 4 |
| ♦ | K 9 7 6 4 |
| ♣ | K T |
which is a 14 count. Before I'd managed to count to 14 though (I am quite slow) the auction had made its way round to me:
| West | North | East | South |
| 5♣ | 5♥ | Pass | ? |
Questions, questions. How has partner bid at the five level with such poor trumps? Who opens 5♣ anyway?
Considerations, considerations. We must have most of the points in this deck. It would be nice to protect the ♣K for the admittedly unlikely chance of of 8221 clubs.
Decisions, decisions. I can always hold the club suit in NT. It's pairs and NT scores the best.
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Also thinking in terms of matchpoints, West, led the ♣A and I claimed without playing a card. If that hadn't happened, how would you play?
With no way to rectify the count for a squeeze, I don't see anything better than just trying a spade towards the T on the first round of the suit.
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