South, a pretty face, dealt this
hand and opened 1♥, North
straightaway jumped to 4♥.
Recognising West’s lead as a
short suit lead, she quickly
attacked trumps after winning
the first club. West played
small and East won the ♥A to
lead second club. South
persisted in trumps, East
signaling with the ♦10, as West
won ♥K. West led a diamond to
East’s ♦A and a third round of
clubs set a ruff for West,
sending the game down one
and causing a look of pain on
pretty face.
South should have understood
that the ♦A is a greater threat
to her than a trump honor.
Therefore declarer should have
played a diamond before
playing trumps.
East would have captured
dummy’s ♦Q with her ♦A and
returned a club. Now, a spade
to dummy’s ♠A and South
could have discarded her last
high club on dummy’s ♦K —
the winner-on-winner play. It
was safe for South to lead
trumps now regardless of how
the defenders maneuvre; all
that was left for them just two
top trump tricks.
Yesterday is not ours to
recover, but tomorrow is ours
to win or lose!
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