EW Vul. IMPs Dealer West
This
deal is a defensive problem from the English Premier
League in October.
Partner leads the two of spades to the five, ten and
seven. How do you defend?
Solution Declarer
may need to ruff clubs in dummy, so play back the
diamond king. Declarer wins with the ace,
three from partner. Now the seven of hearts is
played to the two and ace and a club from
dummy. What do you play?
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down.
From
the carding you can read declarer for a 1183 or
1174 distribution. You need to get partner
in to play another trump. You have to play
the queen now to force an entry to partner's
hand. Declarer wins with the king, but on
the next club partner can play the jack and then
play a trump to leave declarer with a further
club loser.
The full deal.
Thanks to John Roberts for reporting this deal |