23rd Feb 2022

Dealer S NS Vul

S KJ75
H A104
D Q65
C Q72
   


   
S A109832
H KQ3
D 1042
C 4

South
 West
 North
 East
1S Pass
 2NT
 3C
Pass
 Pass 4S Pass
Pass Pass



A deal from the Tollemache final.

You play four spades on the above auction with North's two notrump bid showing a four card game going raise in spades.
West leads the three of clubs to East's ace and East returns the six of clubs.  How do you play?

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Solution


Michael Byrne cleverly discarded a heart on the second club.  West switched to a heart thinking that was Michael's weak suit, Michael now had ten tricks.

The full deal was

Dealer South
 S
 KJ75
    
N/S Game
 H
 A104
    
    D Q65
    
    C Q72
    
S
 Q4
     S
 6
H
 J962
     H
 875
D
 9873
     D
 AKJ
C
 K53
     C
 AJ10986
    S
 A109832
    
    H
 KQ3
    
    D
 1042
    
    C
 4
    

Clearly East should have cashed the diamond king before playing the second club.

Thanks to John Roberts for reporting this deal