Board
8
South
Deals
None
Vul |
| ♠ |
8
3 2 |
| ♥ |
6
4 |
| ♦ |
J
2 |
| ♣ |
A
Q 9 8 7 5 |
|
| ♠ |
Q
J 9 5 |
| ♥ |
Q
10 8 2 |
| ♦ |
A
7 6 |
| ♣ |
10
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
| ♠ |
K
10 7 6 4 |
| ♥ |
7
5 |
| ♦ |
8
3 |
| ♣ |
K
J 4 2 |
|
|
| |
| ♠ |
A |
| ♥ |
A
K J 9 3 |
| ♦ |
K
Q 10 9 5 4 |
| ♣ |
6 |
|
The contract is 4♥
by South after S opens 1♦
and rebids 2 ♥. You
get Q♠ lead , so it looks pretty straight
forward but you can go wrong!
Again this is about trump contol. Win the opening
lead with the A, then cash A and K ♥,
then play on ♦s. Your
opponents can take two trump tricks and A♦
only, as declarer can use your
♦s to force out their winning trumps. Should
you take the J♥
finesse which loses, then W can force you with ♠s
and you lose control of trumps and go down.
In a pairs event we'd go down because the finesse
is the natural play.