West’s 2♥ was a weak two-bid.
A 3♠ bid might have been more
prudent than the jump to 4♠,
which suggests a stronger
trump suit. South preferred to
gamble on partner having
some spades than finishing in a
minor-suit game.
After the ♥A lead, West
switches to the ♣5. You win
with dummy’s ♣A, discard a
club on the ♥K and lead the
♠4. East plays ♠5 and West,
♠2, as your King wins. The aim is to hold your trump
losers to two. If the spades
divide 3-3, it will not matter
how you continue and if East
began with ♠AJ10x, you are
almost certainly doomed. If the
spades are 4-2, a low spade
next will succeed if an
opponent holds ♠Ax, but with
that holding West, would have
captured your King, and East is
highly unlikely to hold ♠AX, as
West would hardly open a weak
♥2 when holding four spades.
in addition, it is twice as likely
that the doubleton holding
would be ♠10X or ♠JX. south
justified his jump to 4♠ by
continuing with the ♠Q after
the ♠K won. he thus pinned
West’s ♠10 and restricted his
trump losers to two.
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restrictions;
we place
restrictions on the universe
with our expectations!
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