Poor Average Expert

Dealer: South
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: Pairs

  1. spadeA 4 3
  2. heart10
  3. diamondA 10 7 5 4
  4. club10 6 4 2
  1. spadeJ 10 6 5
  2. heartK Q J 9 8 4
  3. diamond2
  4. clubK 5
club diamond heart spade NT
N 4 6 - 4 1
S 4 6 - 4 1
E - - 3 - -
W - - 3 - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade7 2
  2. heartA 7 6 5 3 2
  3. diamond6
  4. clubJ 9 8 3

Contract: 6diamond
Declarer: South
Lead: heartK

  1. spadeK Q 9 8
  2. heart
  3. diamondK Q J 9 8 3
  4. clubA Q 7
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1diamond
1heart 3diamond 4heart 6diamond
Pass Pass Pass
The poor player might ruff in hand, cross to diamondA and finesse clubQ at trick three. One off. The average player might ruff in hand, cross to diamondA, eliminate spades and finesse clubQ at trick seven. One off when East turns up with clubJxxx. The expert draws trumps, eliminates all the spades and leads a club towards hand intending to insert the seven if East plays low. When East plays the eight South rises with the ace, crosses back to dummy with another trump and then leads a club to the queen. Although this finesse fails West has to concede a ruff and discard - and the contract.
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