Lazy Defender

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Dealer: North
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spade10
  2. heartJ 5
  3. diamondA K Q 8 7 5 3 2
  4. clubK 6
  1. spade9 6 5 3
  2. heartA 9
  3. diamond10 4
  4. clubJ 10 7 5 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 5 - 4 -
S - 5 - 4 -
E 5 - 5 - -
W 5 - 5 - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade4
  2. heartK Q 10 8 7 6 4 2
  3. diamond—
  4. clubA 9 8 4

Contract: 5spadex
Declarer: South
Lead: clubJ
  1. spadeA K Q J 8 7 2
  2. heart3
  3. diamondJ 9 6
  4. clubQ 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
5diamond 5heart 5spade
Pass Pass Dble Pass
Pass Pass
Well, I got lazy - very lazy. Instead of overtaking and giving my partner the obvious diamond ruff for one off, I played low. Declarer simply ruffed the next heart, drew trumps and claimed.

Partner was very controlled as he justifiably gave me the benefit of his advice.

Note 13/01/2026 Could partner have been more helpful if he had led heart10? Well, that's my belated excuse. It would have ben so much easier if I had simply led heartA. The king from partner would have left no doubt in anyone's mind what came next.
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