A Problem Where None Existed

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Dealer: North
Vuln: Love All
Scoring:

  1. spade10
  2. heart4
  3. diamondA J 8 7 3
  4. clubK Q J 10 9 4
  1. spadeQ 8 5 3
  2. heartK Q 9 5
  3. diamondQ 10 5
  4. club7 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N 4 5 - - -
S 4 5 - - -
E - - 3 3 -
W - - 3 3 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA K J 6 4
  2. heartJ 8 7 2
  3. diamond6
  4. clubA 6 3
  1. spade9 7 2
  2. heartA 10 6 3
  3. diamondK 9 4 2
  4. club8 5
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1club 1spade Dble
2club 4diamond 4spade 5diamond
Pass Pass Dble Pass
Pass Pass
Willie ruffed the second spade and cashed diamondK, diamondA only to see East show out on the ace. Without a flicker of emotion he put clubQ on the table and, when that held, led a low club ..... you can guess what happened.

It's easy to criticise East for his naivety in ducking, but this was just a typical example of Willie's appreciation of how to give an opponent a problem where none existed.
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