Another
deal from the Lancashire league. In both rooms
South played three notrump after West had overcalled
in hearts.
Clearly
a heart lead beats the contract easily but in both
rooms declarer was relieved to receive the seven of
spades lead.
Both
declarers reasonably played immediately on clubs,
but when clubs broke 4-1 were one off for a flat
board.
The
interest in the deal is that South can make the
contract double dummy on a spade lead.
Can
you work out how?
Solution
South wins the spade lead in hand and plays ace and another diamond ducking in hand. On a heart switch declarer ducks once and wins the continuation. He
now drives out the king of diamonds and wins the
diamond or spade return, then gets to dummy with
the king of spades if necessary and leads the ten
of clubs (key play) which East must cover.
Declarer eliminates the spades and diamonds to
reach the following end position.
Now a club to the seven endplays East to give declarer the last two tricks. |