Plus 22 Instead of Minus 12

Pages: Page 4 of 6

Dealer: East
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeJ 9 8 4 3 2
  2. heartK 7 2
  3. diamond8 5 4
  4. club8
  1. spadeA K 10 7
  2. heart6
  3. diamondJ 10
  4. club10 9 7 5 4 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 3 - - -
S - 3 - - -
E 7 - 1 3 -
W 6 - 1 2 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeQ 6 5
  2. heartA 9 8 4 3
  3. diamond—
  4. clubA K Q J 6
  1. spade—
  2. heartQ J 10 5
  3. diamondA K Q 9 7 6 3 2
  4. club2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart 5diamond
Dble End
A singleton heart is very much the winner - East can win and return heart3 for a ruff. The indicated club return allows East back in and a second heart ruff gives East-West +500. That's the theory, but unfortunately West made the obvious let's-have-a-look-at-dummy lead of spadeA. Declarer ruffed, drew trumps and played a heart to the king. When East continued spades (why???) South pitched dummy's club on heart10 and claimed an overtrick.

That was small fry compared to the goings-on in the other room ..
Previous page Next page

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