Same As Moysian

Pages: Page 5 of 5

Dealer: North
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade9 6 3
  2. heartK Q 10 9 8 5
  3. diamondK 3 2
  4. clubA
  1. spadeK Q 8
  2. heart6 4
  3. diamondA Q 6 4
  4. clubJ 7 6 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - 1 - -
S - - 1 - -
E 5 2 - 4 1
W 5 2 - 4 1
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA J 10 7
  2. heartA J
  3. diamond10 7
  4. clubK Q 10 4 2

Contract: 5club
Declarer: East
Lead: heart2
  1. spade5 4 2
  2. heart7 3 2
  3. diamondJ 9 8 5
  4. club9 8 5
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart Dble Pass
2heart Pass 3club Pass
4club Pass 5club Pass
Pass Pass
Paradoxically enough, this side-suit-first approach should also be applied in 5club - you should cash some spades! If diamondK is wrong, almost assuredly so on the bidding, there is only one layout which could help - a singleton clubA with North. Only after cashing three rounds of spades to strip North do you broach trumps, and after cashing heartK North will be forced to lead into diamondAQ or concede a ruff and discard. If North is 2-2 in the black suits you will defeated, but there was never a winning line anyway. He will be end-played after ruffing the third round of spades, so you have exchanged diamondK for an extra trump loser.
Previous page
This section is a placeholder for the forum. For the time being it will be a noshow class.