No Worries if You Play Right
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Author:proa20e56
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Published time: 2018-11-25
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Declarer was not too bothered about the trump split. As West was certain to have the ♣A and the ♦K for for his opening bid, declarer’s thoughts turned to endplaying West with a trump.
No Worries if You Play Right
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Dlr: West
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♠ A J 10 8 4
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Vul: Both
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♥ A J 5
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♦ A 7 6 3
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♣ 4
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♠ K Q
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♥ Q 8 6 3 2
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♦ Q 4
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♣ K 9 3 2
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West
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North
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East
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South
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1♣
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1♠
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Pass
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2♥
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Pass
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4♥
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All Pass
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Against your heart game, West leads the ♠9. You win in hand and play a low heart to the jack, which holds. When you cash the ♥A, East discards. Now what?
Solution
Declarer was not too bothered about the trump split. As West was certain to have the ♣A and the ♦K for for his opening bid, declarer’s thoughts turned to endplaying West with a trump.
With that in mind, declarer cashed the ♠A and continued with the ♠J, throwing a club from hand. West also parted with a low club, so declarer continued with the ♠10, throwing
a second club from hand. West postponed the inevitable by discarding the ♦8. It was to no avail, however, as declarer next played the ♥5 to his 6 and West’s 10. West cashed the ♥K but then had to broach a minor suit. In the end, he chose to lead the ♦K because his partner had not signaled encouragingly in clubs.
Declarer claimed 10 tricks: five spades, three trumps and two diamonds. The full deal:
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Dlr: West
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♠ A J 10 8 4
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Vul: Both
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♥ A J 5
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♦ A 7 6 3
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♣ Q4
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♠ 9 7
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♠ 6 5 3 2
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♥ K 10 9 7
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♥ 4
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♦ K J 8
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♦ 10 9 5 2
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♣ A Q 8 7
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♣ J 10 6 5
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♠ K Q
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♥ Q 8 6 3 2
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♦ Q 4
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♣ K 9 3 2
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