Two from a Club Game

All matchpoints, weak field, expert partner
  1. both vul, you hold

     S:x H:QJ10987532 D:Qx C:x

    LHO CHO RHO You
    2S: Pass4S: 5H:
    PassPass5S: Pass
    PassDbl All Pass

    Partner leads the H:A. Dummy hits with  S:AJxx H:x D:KJ C:AKQ109x. (Ouch.) What do you play to trick one? Is there a general rule which applies?

  2.  
    Dummy
    C:J532
    Declarer
    C:A1086

    This suit is trumps. You are in 6C: and have ten tricks outside. Yeah, that means you should be in 6NT, but that's too bad. How do you play trumps?


Answers
Jeff Goldsmith, jeff@gg.caltech.edu, Oct 16, 2006