NEIL HAYWARD BRIDGE
NORTH
♠ JT742
♥ J9
♦ K5
♣ QT92
WEST EAST
♠ K63 ♠ 985
♥ 76 ♥ K32
♦ QJT632 ♦ 987
♣ 54 ♣ A763
SOUTH
♠ AQ
♥ AQT854 ♦ A4
♣ KJ8
Contract: 6♥ by South
Opening Lead: ♦Q. What is your plan?
Recommended Line: You have a loser in clubs, and possible losers in spades and hearts. You certainly need the heart finesse to work. And, looking ahead, you plan to discard the ♠Q on an established club. The defenders might duck two rounds of clubs, to break your communications with dummy’s club suit. So you win the opening lead in hand, retaining the ♦K as an entry to the clubs later on, if needed. Then lead the ♣8 to the ♣9.
This places the defenders in an impossible position. If they win the trick, the clubs will be ready to run. If they duck, you are in dummy to lead the ♥J, running it if not covered. If they win the first round of clubs, and knock out the ♦K, you finesse in trumps, as before, and, once the trumps have been drawn, you play the ♣K, and overtake the ♣J. The ♠Q goes away on a good club. All that remains is to tell Partner not to be so forward in the bidding in future, even if the optimistic contract allowed you to showcase your skills.
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2022-05-21T07:00:00.0000000Z
2022-05-21T07:00:00.0000000Z
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