Very Ordinary

Pages: Page 5 of 5

Dealer: East
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA K 5 3 2
  2. heartK J 7
  3. diamondA Q 8 3
  4. clubK
  1. spadeQ J 8 4
  2. heartA 5
  3. diamond10 7 6
  4. clubA 9 7 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N 3 4 - 2 -
S 3 4 - 2 -
E - - 2 - -
W - - 2 - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade9 6
  2. heartQ 10 9 8 6 4 3
  3. diamondK 5
  4. club8 4

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: North
Lead: heartQ
  1. spade10 7
  2. heart2
  3. diamondJ 9 4 2
  4. clubQ J 10 6 5 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
3heart Pass
Pass 3NT Pass Pass
Pass
One led diamondK and the other led heartQ! The point I am making here is that it is rarely the spectacular opening leads which break the contracts, although they do make good copy for bridge articles! In fact it is usually the mundane, everyday, boring leads which produce the goods. The diamondK was brave but misguided, but the East who led heartQ was particularly culpable, for he needed a heart honour from partner to help establish the suit, so why lead the queen? And if partner did not hold a heart honour, why was he leading one in the first place? In any case the singleton heartJ is long odds against - he'd read too many books!
Previous page
This section is a placeholder for the forum. For the time being it will be a noshow class.