Board
14
West
Deals
None
Vul |
| ♠ |
J
5 4 |
| ♥ |
A
9 6 3 |
| ♦ |
A
K 7 |
| ♣ |
10
8 2 |
|
| ♠ |
6 |
| ♥ |
K
Q J 10 8 5 2 |
| ♦ |
4
3 |
| ♣ |
Q
9 7 |
|
|
|
|
|
| ♠ |
Q
7 3 |
| ♥ |
— |
| ♦ |
Q
J 10 8 6 2 |
| ♣ |
K
J 5 4 |
|
|
|
| ♠ |
A
K 10 9 8 2 |
| ♥ |
7
4 |
| ♦ |
9
5 |
| ♣ |
A
6 3 |
|
West as dealer opens 3♥,
and both North and East pass, so South overcalls 3♠,
and North with 3 tricks and 3 cards in ♠s,
raises to 4♠, which becomes the contract.
W leads the K ♥,
so its over to you to make the contract.
Count the hearts. West should have 7 so with
North and South s , then East is VOID. So do not play ♥A
you need that for later. W will continue ♥s
and you continue to duck, ruffing the 3rd ♥
lead. Cash ♠A and then cross to
dummy on a ♦, now you
play trumps. Who has the Q? Well West has 7 cards in ♥
and 1 at least in ♦s,
so there only 5 spaces left for the other cards. E has 12 spaces left for
the otherr cards, so E is twice as likely to hold the ♠Q
as W, so the odds favour finessing against E, which works. Draw the last
trump, and get to dummy on ♦A
and discard ♣3. So losimg only 2 cards
in ♥s and 1 in ♣s.
Contract made.