Sunday, 8 July 2018

A Strange Distribution



South fully expected to make his conservative 2.♠ contract. West led the 8, his partner’s bid suit, and defenders started with East taking the first three diamond tricks, West following twice. East continued with the fourth diamond, West ruffing with the ♠J. East then ruffed the heart return! A club lead put dummy in. At this point, South has already lost five tricks. 

South has to decide whether to play to the ♠A or to finesse the ♠9. The answer is easy to find if you look in the right place. East opened with 1. And has four of those. If East started with three spades, making it right to play the spades from the top, then he also has six clubs. That would give East a strange distribution for a 1 opener. East rates to have four spades, no hearts, four diamonds and five clubs. As you can see, this is the distribution that exists. South must lead a spade and finesse against East’s ♠Q104, barring East’s giving the show away by playing one of his honours. 

‘Love is rare; life is strange, nothing lasts and people change!


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