No Good Looking Wistful

Pages: Page 5 of 6

Dealer: North
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA K 8
  2. heartA K J 6
  3. diamondQ 10 5
  4. clubJ 9 6
  1. spade7 4 3
  2. heart5 4
  3. diamond9 4 2
  4. clubA Q 10 5 4
club diamond heart spade NT
N 1 1 3 - 2
S 1 - 3 - 2
E - - - 1 -
W - - - 1 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeQ 10 6 5 2
  2. heart7 3
  3. diamondA J 8 7
  4. club7 2

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: North
Lead: heart7
  1. spadeJ 9
  2. heartQ 10 9 8 2
  3. diamondK 6 3
  4. clubK 8 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart Pass 3heart
Pass 4heart Pass Pass
Pass
At the table North led a club to the king and West had a decision to make after winning with the ace. Fortunately for North he cashed clubQ and exited with a third club, East discarding a spade6. North won clubJ, crossed to heartQ and led a diamond to the queen to end-play East. He could either duck, allowing declarer to lead a another towards the king, or win diamondA and lead away from the jack to give North a trick with the ten.

Would you have switched to a diamond from that West holding at trick seven? That sets up the opportunity for East to take two diamond tricks. This had been the ending ...
Previous page Next page

This section is a placeholder for the forum. For the time being it will be a noshow class.