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Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
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K at trick two to give declarer a chance to go wrong, whereby North might have played West for KQ alone. Forrester would have played Q 50% of the time with that holding, so the fact that he had not done so suggested that he either had K10, Kx or K alone. Only with this first holding could North save a trick by exiting with J. This is the Principle of Restricted Choice in action, and Hamman would probably have guessed right anyway. Still, although we'll never know, even great players guess incorrectly sometimes!
P.S. Just to show how differently players can evaluate hands, West opened a strong 1
in the other room!
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