I Would Have Preferred Watching the Cricket

Pages: Page 5 of 7

Dealer: North
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeK Q J 7
  2. heartK Q 6 4 3
  3. diamondA 7
  4. clubK 4
Green square in centre

Contract: 4spade
Declarer: North
Lead: diamondQ
  1. spadeA 8 5 3
  2. heartJ 8 5
  3. diamondK 10 9
  4. club8 5 2
West North East South
1heart 2club Dble
Pass 3spade Pass 4spade
Pass Pass Pass
South leads spade8 and West refuses to cover. Declarer then continues with king and ten of diamonds and throws his heart - a classic "winner on loser" play! East is end-played. North wins clubK and draws the last trump.

A straightforward route to ten tricks for North would have been to draw all the trumps, finesse diamond10, cash diamondK and play on hearts. When East turns out to have four hearts he cannot avoid being end-played in hearts to lead away from clubAQ. Mind you, that line would have looked a little silly if West had heartA. The full hand .....
Previous page Next page

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