He Closed His Eyes

Pages: Page 6 of 7

Dealer: East
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade10 5 3
  2. heartA Q 4
  3. diamondK Q 5
  4. clubA Q 5 3
  1. spade6
  2. heart9
  3. diamondJ 10 8 4
  4. clubK J 10 9 6 4 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N 2 5 5 3 6
S 2 5 5 3 6
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeQ 9 8 7 4 2
  2. heartJ 10 8 7 6
  3. diamond7 3
  4. club—

Contract: 6NT
Declarer: South
Lead: diamondJ
  1. spadeA K J
  2. heartK 5 3 2
  3. diamondA 9 6 2
  4. club8 7
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 1NT*
3club~ 6NT End

* 15-17
~ pre-emptive

At trick five you duck a club - East showing out as expected, and you finesse clubQ on West's return of the jack. You now return to hand with spadeK and cash heartK to get a count. When West shows out again you know that he must be 1-1-4-7, but had he followed to the heart then clarification of his distribution would ensue on the next heart trick. As it is, West has to succumb when as you cross to dummy's heartQ. This was the ending ...
Previous page Next page
This section is a placeholder for the forum. For the time being it will be a noshow class.