Dealer
W NS Vul
A
deal from an EBU online duplicate.
After
a simple auction you reach four spades.
West
leads the two of clubs to the three, queen and ace.
You
play a spade to the ace and another spade which East
wins with the king, West still following.
East
now plays the four of clubs to the eight, jack and
king.
You
draw the last trump, West discarding the two of
hearts. How do you play now?
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down for solution
Solution
John Currie decided that West was likely to be 2623. But why had West led a club rather than a diamond? John guessed that West had initially held Qx of diamonds. He backed his card reading by playing ace and a low diamond. When the queen appeared on the second round he scored twelve tricks for an excellent score on the board. One extra trick for guessing the diamonds right and another from the opponents giving him a trick in the club suit (East should have played the nine on the first club trick). The
full deal was
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