The Cardinal's Little Gem

Pages: Page 4 of 5

Dealer: East
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spade8 3
  2. heart8 7 2
  3. diamond8 6 5 3
  4. clubK 7 6 2
  1. spadeK 9
  2. heartQ 10 3
  3. diamondK 9 4
  4. clubQ 10 9 5 4
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 1 - - -
S - 1 - - -
E 3 - 1 3 2
W 3 - - 3 2
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA Q J 10 6 5
  2. heartA J 9
  3. diamond7
  4. clubJ 8 3

Contract: 4spade
Declarer: East
Lead: clubA
  1. spade7 4 2
  2. heartK 6 5 4
  3. diamondA Q J 10 2
  4. clubA
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1spade 2diamond
Dble 3diamond 3spade Pass
4spade End
This is one of my favourite deals on this site because of its simplicity. East did nothing that could be described as brilliant yet his simple decision of ruffing in hand at trick three rather than immediately winning with diamondK ensured success. After drawing trumps he played clubJ from hand and overtook with dummy's queen. What could North do? If he won clubK then all the clubs would be good, declarer would have an entry to them and a parking space for two losing hearts. If North ducked to kill the club suit then East would simply cash diamondK throwing club8 and play on hearts - a classic "Morton's Fork" coup . . . . Why so?
Previous page Next page
This section is a placeholder for the forum. For the time being it will be a noshow class.