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Contract: 6 |
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
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| Pass | 1 |
Pass | 2 |
| Pass | 3 |
Pass | 4 |
| Pass | 4 |
Pass | 4 |
| Pass | 6 |
Pass | Pass |
| Pass |
East retained the K7 and a club, so when the J was finessed at trick 11 he was able to cash his club for two down. Declarer should have reasoned that West was less likely to hold seven hearts than six spades, and accordingly should have returned to hand after trick 5 by playing A, ruff a heart.
The odds were against South in the actual end game at the table, partly because a complete count in hearts was available, and therefore the odds were 3-4 against the K being with West.
North, a stronger player than South, was not impressed. 'I would have made it', he scoffed contemptuously. The match was lost by 4 IMPs.
The deal continues to haunt declarer even though it was played over 35 years ago. I should know . . . . I was that declarer.
