Mercurial Collings Finds A Way

Pages: Page 5 of 6

Dealer: East
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA 10 9 8 7
  2. heart—
  3. diamondA K 4 2
  4. clubA K 10 5
  1. spade6 3
  2. heartJ 10 9 8 7
  3. diamondQ 6 5 3
  4. clubJ 6
club diamond heart spade NT
N 3 3 1 5 3
S 3 3 1 6 3
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeQ J
  2. heartA K Q
  3. diamond10 9 8
  4. clubQ 9 8 7 4

Contract: 6spade
Declarer: South
Lead: spade3
  1. spadeK 5 4 2
  2. heart6 5 4 3 2
  3. diamondJ 7
  4. club3 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1club Pass
1heart Dble 2heart 2spade
Pass 4heart Dble Pass
Pass 5club Pass 5spade
Pass 6diamond Pass 6spade
Pass Pass Pass
After deducing that East's heartQ was from an original holding of heartAKQ, declarer played on the assumption that diamondQ was with West, and came off dummy with a small club. East ducked after a short pause and West won with the jack. Unable to lead a diamond, the enforced heart from West was ruffed in dummy. After declarer cashed clubK and ruffed a club West found himself under irresistible pressure in the following ending .
Previous page Next page
This section is a placeholder for the forum. For the time being it will be a noshow class.