Art of Camouflage

Dealer: South
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs

  1. spade10 6
  2. heartJ 8 4
  3. diamondQ 10 8
  4. clubQ 10 9 7 4
  1. spadeQ 7 4
  2. heart7 5
  3. diamondA 6 5 3
  4. clubA 6 5 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - 4 1 -
S - - 4 1 -
E 2 2 - - 1
W 2 2 - - 1
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA 5 2
  2. heart6 3
  3. diamondK J 7 4
  4. clubK J 8 3

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: South
Lead: diamondA

  1. spadeK J 9 8 3
  2. heartA K Q 10 9 2
  3. diamond9 2
  4. club
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart
Pass 1NT Pass 2spade
Pass 2NT Pass 4heart
Pass Pass Pass
. . . went down. Maybe I should have mentioned that this was a defence tip. East had certainly defended like a man with clubA, but his only black ace was in spades. Nice defence!

Tony Priday's Bols Bridge Tip:

When defending remember the art of camouflage. If you can mislead declarer in one suit he may well jump to the wrong conclusion in another!
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