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Dealer
N Love All.
This
deal is from a Manchester League match.
East's
two diamonds was a weak jump overcall, after which
you reach a highly optimistic four heart contract.
West
leads the seven of diamonds to the ten and
ace. You play a heart to the king, with East
playing the queen.
How
do you continue?
Solution
You appear to have three trumps and a spade to lose and need the club finesse. The
only way to avoid three trump losers is to
reduce your trumps to the same length as West's
and then to endplay her.
Since
you need the club finesse you take it now, then
play a club to the ace.
Now
a diamond to the king and a club on which East
plays the ten which you ruff.
It
looks as though East's distribution is 2164, so
West's is 4423.
You
need West to have the king and queen of
spades. Play a spade and when West splits
her honours duck.
West
now plays another spade, you finesse the jack,
cash the ace and trump the last spade.
You
are now down to J87 of hearts, while West has
A109, play a small heart and West has to give
you a trick with the jack of hearts.
The
full deal was
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