25th September 2024



Dealer South
 S
 K9632
    
Game All
 H
 J53
    
   
72
    
    C J73
    
S
 AQ10
     S
 87
H
 A6
     H
 984
D
 KJ10963
     D
 854
C
 95
     C
 AKQ64
    S
 J54
    
    H
 KQ1072
    
    D
 AQ
    
    C
 1082
    


South
 West
 North
 East
1H 2D 2H 3D
Pass 3H Pass
 4C
Pass 5D Pass  Pass
Pass



This deal is from a league match.  West played in five diamonds after the above auction.  North led the obvious heart which West won and then played a club to the ace.  Nicholas Greer and Phillip Taylor, North and South respectively, conspired to false card well by playing the seven and eight of clubs.  This convinced declarer that the clubs weren't breaking and he tried a diamond off dummy.  South won the ace and switched to a spade.  West, still convinced by the club plays, now tried the finesse of the queen and was one off in a contract which he could have made twelve tricks with the favourable lie of the cards.


Thanks to Nicholas Greer for reporting this deal.