A Safe Landing After All

Pages: Page 5 of 5

Dealer: North
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade10
  2. heartK 10 5
  3. diamondJ 6 3
  4. clubA 9 8 5 3 2
  1. spadeK 7 5 4 3
  2. heartQ 9
  3. diamondQ 9 5 4
  4. clubJ 7
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - 3 - 1
S - - 3 - 1
E 1 2 - 2 -
W 1 2 - 2 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA 9 6
  2. heart8 7
  3. diamondA K 10 2
  4. clubK Q 6 4

Contract: 4heartx
Declarer: North
Lead: diamondA
  1. spadeQ J 8 2
  2. heartA J 6 4 3 2
  3. diamond8 7
  4. club10
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 1NT* 2diamond~
2spade 4heart Dble Pass
Pass

* 15-16
~ transfer to hearts

No, there was still one parachute remaining. Declarer led spadeJ from dummy and successfully pinned the nine in East's hand. He therefore lost only the three top tricks that East originally held. A safe landing after all.

I wonder why when East was in with spadeH he didn't return another club to give declarer a guess? Should he ruff high with the ace, or would heartJ be OK . . . .?
Previous page

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