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 the ♥10 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.
Good judgment comes from experience
and experience comes from bad judgment!
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