Sunday, 19 April 2015

The Right Judgment


Japan has a yearly flower-viewing celebration called hanami, where thousands of people hold feasts under blooming cherry-blossom trees, or sakura. This tradition is over a thousand years old. The cherry blossoms trees bloom briefly; the blossoms are often seen as metaphor for the ephemeral beauty of living. 

The 2 bid was a transfer to spades. North's 3♠ showed six spades and game invitation. Despite a minimum 1NT, the three-card spade support, the ruffing potential in club and three aces persuaded South to bid to game. If 4♠failed, no doubt North and South would blame each other for overbidding.

West leads the ♣K, which is allowed to hold. South wins the ♣Q continuation and leads a spade to the King. When West discards a club on this, you have a sure trump loser. Dummy's heart is led at trick four and East wins with the A. East's club return is ruffed by you. How do you play from here?

The declarer continued with the J. West played low and a diamond was discarded from dummy. Judging that West would have heart length and that the K was unlikely to drop on the next round, declarer continued with the Q, King from West, ruffed in dummy. When the10 dropped, South's 9 was high. After a spade to the Ace, and the A was cashed, followed by the 9, on which dummy's last diamond was discarded. East could ruff but dummy had the rest of tricks. Good judgment

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