A
deal from a NICKO match.
Dealer S N-S vul.
After
an auction best forgotten apart from the fact that
South opened two clubs and West overcalled two
spades, you reach six notrump.
West
leads the ten of diamonds, form a plan.
Solution
John
Currie played carefully to make sure that he could
cope with a 4-1 club break and didn't get stranded
from his heart winners in dummy.
He
won the first diamond in hand and played a top
club and the ace of hearts.
Then
a diamond to dummy and the eight of clubs,
overtaking with the nine when East played low.
He
could now claim 12 tricks.
A
slight improvement is to cash a second top heart
from dummy throwing a spade before leading the
eight of clubs catering for the unlikely case that
West has overcalled on a 5224 distribution, then
West would have to lead away from the spade king
or club queen on winning the second club.
The
full deal was
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