(1)
A transfer to spades
(2)
A minimum four card or maximum three card raise
This
deal
is from the EBU Spring Fours held in May.
Four
three fits are notoriously difficult to play, it can
be difficult to know when to draw trumps (or even to
never touch trumps) and there can be many issues of
timing and control.
Here
South, Nicholas Greer, played in two spades and was
forced immediately when the defence started with two
rounds of hearts. He could see seven fairly
obvious tricks and the eighth would have to come
from the club suit. He played ace and another
club, then won the diamond return and played another
club, East continuing diamonds. He now won the
second diamond and played just two rounds of spades
followed by a winning club. The defence is
helpless now. After ruffing the club if they
return a trump (if trumps were four-two originally)
you are in hand with only winners. If they
play a heart that can be ruffed in dummy to score
the spade nine. That leaves a diamond which
declarer can ruff in hand and then play another club
to force the defence to ruff, which establishes
dummy's final spade.
Thanks to Nicholas Greer for reporting this deal |
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