28th Feb – Board 5: North/South Vul. Dealer North.
Bridge is a strange game when sometimes by doing the completely unexpected you might just earn yourself a big score against a dozing declarer.
The auction might proceed differently from shown of course but I do think that South has to be a little circumspect at adverse vulnerability. In any event I know a number of pairs found themselves in the good diamond game and made it easily when South saw fit to lead his singleton club. Although things started well for the defence that soon ground to a halt for after the first two tricks declarer was in charge. He could win the heart switch in dummy, finesse the diamonds – South would hardly look for ruffs with KQ – draw the remaining trump and ruff two clubs in dummy. Piece of cake! On a red suit lead declarer has to eliminate hearts and ultimately end play poor North, but the play is certainly more complex and - dare I say it - might get overlooked in the heat of battle.
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