My Poor Brain Has Had Enough

Pages: Page 8 of 9

Dealer: West
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeJ 10 9 6 5
  2. heartJ 6 4
  3. diamondA 8
  4. clubA 9 8
  1. spade8 4
  2. heartK Q 7 5 2
  3. diamondJ 10 6
  4. club7 5 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N 1 - 1 4 3
S 1 - 1 4 3
E - 2 - - -
W - 2 - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeQ
  2. heart9 8
  3. diamondQ 9 7 5 4 2
  4. clubK Q 6 4

Contract: 4spade
Declarer: South
Lead: spade4
  1. spadeA K 7 3 2
  2. heartA 10 3
  3. diamondK 3
  4. clubJ 10 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass Pass Pass 1spade
Pass 3spade Pass 4spade
Pass Pass Pass
Here we gain by beginning with ace and another heart. Whether or not West cashes the other heart winner before leading a club it matters not - East will be end-played after winning clubQ. This line also gains when West has heartKQ doubelton.

Alternatively, how about this ...
Previous page Next page

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