30th September – Board 16: E/W Vul. Dealer West.
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North:
S A J 8 2
H K Q 10 7 5
D 10
C 5 4 2
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West:
S 3
H A
D A Q J 9 8 4
C J 10 8 7 6
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East:
S K Q 7 6 5 4
H 9 6 4
D K 6
C A 9
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South:
S 10 9
H J 8 3 2
D 7 5 3 2
C K Q 3
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5D is the place to play but I don’t think that can be made on the unlikely lead of a trump. A reasonable auction would be something like the following: -
West
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North
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East
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South
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1D
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Dbl
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1S
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No
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2C
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No
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3S
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No
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4C
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No
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4D
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No
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5D
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End
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East must remember that his partner started by bidding diamonds so the diamonds cannot be shorter than the clubs and might be longer. Note that East’s rebid of 3S is not forcing although highly encouraging, and West is almost bound to continue on the hand he held. On the likely lead of the king of hearts declarer can afford to win and play a spade. If North ducks then declarer draws trumps and concedes two clubs while if North wins and switches to a trump declarer can win in dummy, ruff a spade, draw trumps and use the ace of clubs to access the spade winners. And if North returns a club to remove the entry from dummy declarer can counter by winning and playing a second club, whereby one ruff of that suit will establish the holding in declarer’s hand. However I think an initial trump lead followed by a club switch when in with the ace of spades will scupper any attempt to make the contract.
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