(1)
Single suited major.
This
deal is from the Tollemache qualifying event earlier
this month.
West
leads the five of hearts, to the queen, seven and
six.
Declarer
now plays a diamond to the ace, partner following
with the seven and plays the king of hearts from
hand.
Partner
wins the ace of hearts while dummy discards the two
of spades.
Partner
now plays the six of clubs, low from dummy.
Plan
your defence.
Scroll
down for analysis
It
looks
as though declarer has set up the heart jack as his
ninth trick, you need to cash four tricks
quickly. Declarer must have a club honour,
otherwise he would have to hold the spade ace and
would have cashed nine tricks. You need to win
the club ace and switch to the spade jack, hoping to
run some spade tricks.
Success,
partner holds AQ74 in spades and you beat the
contract by two tricks.
See
below for the full deal. Note that declarer
could have made finding the winning defence more
difficult by playing a club from dummy at trick two.
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