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.
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