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 ace 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 honour. 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 ace 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 regardless of how the
defenders maneuver; all that
was left for them was just two
top trump tricks.
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takes character’
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