[Mr. Dodgy]

1.

Scoring: IMP

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West North East South

 -     -     -     1♦
 Pass  1♥    4♠    Dbl
 Pass  Pass  Pass  

DA D5 D3 D9
DK D7 D4 S5
CA CT C3 C2
C4 CJ C8 C5
HJ H3* H2 S6
C6 CK S2 CQ
H4 H8 S7 H7
C7 ST H5 DT
DQ S9 DJ C9
S4 S3 SK SA
D8 H6 H9 S8
SJ D2 HT HK
SQ D6 HQ HA


*declarer reddotted and required substitution. Here's the position at the end of trick 5 with declarer (East) on lead.

Scoring: IMP

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Went down 1 but 4♠ makes here if you ruff a club and draw trumps. Substitute might have guessed this but is at a disadvantage not knowing what had been played earlier. Do you adjust?


2.

Scoring: IMP

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West North East South

 1♦    Dbl   Pass  4♥
 Pass  Pass  Pass  

S3 S2 S9 SK
HA H8 H2 H3
HQ D2 H5 H6
HJ D5 HT H9
C7 C3 CT CJ*


*ran out of time

Again, here's the position at the end of trick 5, with east on lead:

Scoring: IMP

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Can you make a reasonable adjustment?

[mr1303]

Edited, as completely wrong

This post has been edited by mr1303: 2006-July-09, 07:51

[FrancesHinden]

Hand 1.
Maybe I've misunderstood, but it reads as if a substitute had to come in as declarer at trick 5, then play the rest of the hand without knowing what had happened on the first four tricks?

That may be a mildly interesting card game, but it sure ain't bridge.

[mink]

1. I would have adjusted to 4S= even before I sub, this way saving time for the subsequent boards.

2. I would ask both sides who was responsible for the delay. If I come to the conclusion that one pair is responsible I would adjust in favor of the other pair. If I cannot find out, I probably adjust to 4!H-1, because I think it is more likely that the contract will not make after this start.

Karl

[FrancesHinden]

Hand 2: I would expect declarer usually to go off from this point when East switches to a diamond. But it has to be the Jack of diamonds, I think, so who can say what would have happened at the table?