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17^th May – Board 7. Game All. Dealer South.

Bridge can be terribly frustrating at times – nearly all the time! -  as those sitting East/West would have realised on the hand shown below.

	North: S A Q 9 6 3 H 5 3 D 6 2 C A K 10 6
West: S J H A D K Q J 10 9 8 5 C Q 9 8 4		East: S 10 7 4 3 H K Q J 10 8 7 D A C 5 3
	South: S K 8 5 H 9 6 4 2               D 7 4 3 C J 7 2

West	North	East	South
1D	1S	2H	2S
3D	No	4H	No
5D/End

When I watched this hand my gut instinct would have been to pass 4H but in the event neither of the red suit games stood a chance of making due to a similar problem – the singleton red ace blocking the route to the other hand and in any event 5D has three top losers. In practice both games should fail by three tricks. The highest contract that can be made is 2D by East/West but there is not one chance in a million that that would ever happen.