In today’s
deal, East won the first heart and shifted to the ♦J. That defense wasn’t good enough.
South took the Ace, cashed the A-K of trumps and ♣K-A and
ruffed a club. He led a heart to dummy, ruffed a club, ruffed
his last heart in dummy and led the good club
to pitch a diamond loser. He lost one diamond, a heart and a trump. An act of patience will beat the contract. East
should see no pressing need to win the first heart, if he ducks, South is in dilemma, if South leads a second heart, East can
win and lead a third heart, forcing dummy to ruff, or lead a diamond, killing an entry South
needs to set up and cash the clubs. If South attacks the clubs immediately,
West can over-ruff him on the third
round and South will go down. Nor can South succeed by taking the top trumps before starting the clubs. The key to everything is patience. You
get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing
it.
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