halle1@houxz.UUCP (J.HALLE) (05/21/84)
Declarer made this hand. How? S:QJ875 H:A73 D:982 C:A4 S:432 S: H:Q H:KJT985 D: D:KQJT743 C:QJT987653 C: S:AKT96 H:642 D:A65 C:K2 Contract: 4S by South
woods@hao.UUCP (05/23/84)
Declarer made this hand. How?
S:QJ875
H:A73
D:982
C:A4
S:432 S:
H:Q H:KJT985
D: D:KQJT743
C:QJT987653 C:
S:AKT96
H:642
D:A65
C:K2
Contract: 4S by South
Declarer made it on poor defense, I would guess.
At first glance, it appears that South must lose two diamonds and two hearts
and go down one. However, if the defense messes up, there is a way out.
The original problem does not state what the opening lead was, so let's assume
it was *not* the queen of hearts. So, declarer wins a club or spade, pulls
trumps and cashes the AK of clubs, ending in his hand. At this point, he leads
a low heart, and when the queen drops, declarer ducks in dummy! Now, West
must lead a club, allowing declarer to ruff in one hand and pitch a diamond
or heart loser in the other, eliminating one of his 4 losers and making the
contract. Note that the proper defense by East would be to overtake the queen
of hearts with his king, which should be an obvious play since he also has
the J-T of hearts. Then keep leading diamonds. Only bad defense allows this
"end play" to work.
GREG
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