A Chance to Go Wrong

Pages: Page 5 of 5

Dealer: North
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeJ 7 2
  2. heartK J 8 6 4
  3. diamondQ 3
  4. clubQ 4 2
  1. spadeK 10 6 5 3
  2. heartA 9 3
  3. diamondJ 5
  4. clubA J 6
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 2 2 - 3 3
W 2 2 1 4 3
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA Q 8
  2. heart10 7
  3. diamondK 9 6 4 2
  4. clubK 7 3

Contract: 4spade
Declarer: East
Lead: club10
  1. spade9 4
  2. heartQ 5 2
  3. diamondA 10 8 7
  4. club10 9 8 5
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 1NT* Pass
2heart Pass 2spade Pass
3NT Pass 4spade Pass
Pass Pass

* 12-14

Declarer crossed to clubA and ran the trumps. North threw two hearts, South had thrown two diamonds and a club, so declarer cut loose with club6. South, who had been strip-squeezed on the trumps, won club9 and was forced to concede a trick to declarer's diamondK.

South would have been better to bare diamondA - at least this would have given East more chance to go wrong.
Previous page

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