Winning Trade

After cashing the ♦K, West continued with the ♦A, dropping East’s ♦Q, West next leads the ♦10. East ruffs, South over ruffs and pulls trump in one round.

West, who had opened and raised, almost surely had the ♥K.  After South ruffs the third diamond, he should cash every one of trumps and then the ♣K and ♣A.

With three tricks left, South has the ♥AQ and a club. Dummy to lead, has two hearts and a diamond, and West must likewise keep a high diamond and the ♥K8.

South then leads the diamond and throws his losing club. He trades one loser for another, but it’s a winning trade; West must lead from the ♥K, yielding the contract. It wasn’t Christmas cake walk indeed!

‘Bridge is like a hot bath. It feels good while you’re in it, but the longer you stay in, the more wrinkles you get’.

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