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Dealer
S EW Vul
Another
deal from the Tollemache qualifier.
You
reach four hearts after West has made a weak jump
overcall in spades. How do you play on the
lead of the two of clubs?
Scroll
down for solution
Solution
Rodney Lighton took a diamond discard on the second high club and then ran some hearts, but Sally Brock sitting West defended accurately keeping four spades and clubs. Declarer had to lose one heart and three spade tricks eventually for one off. Barry
Myers found a better shot at making the contract by
playing the jack of hearts at trick two, this was
covered and Barry continued hearts. East won
and played another club. Barry trumped, drew
trumps and played a diamond, resurrecting
dummy. Four hearts can not be made genuinely
as East can find the difficult defence of cashing
the diamond ace when in with a heart and exiting
with a heart, West will then come to two spade
tricks.
The
full deal was
Thanks
to Barry Myers for analysis of this deal
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