I polled on LJ, and also heard responses from a bunch of other good players ( Read more... )

Auction
1NT(1) P P 2c(2)

P 2d(3) X(?)

(1) 15-17

(2) DONT

(3) Pass or correct

(?) What is this?  If your answer is different for what you think is optimal and what you'd expect undiscussed opposite a good partner, please specify.

This came up at the club last night:
                    AJ86
      Q974                  T
                    K532

RHO leads the T, the only way to pick up the position is to play the K and then deep hook, rather than let it ride to the J.  However, you wouldn't actually play it that way in case they had led from QT9 or QT94 or QT97 or somtimes I've ( Read more... )