Today is the yearly held
Ashok Kapur Memorial Bridge
Tournament at Jade Ballroom,
Nehru Center. Ashok’s loving
wife Madhu has sponsored this
one-day invitation event in the
loving memory of her beloved
husband Ashok.
Some hands offer clearly
correct lines of play. Others
come with lots to think about
but no certainties. This hand
falls into the latter category.
After South wins the ♠A and
draws trumps, South takes the
diamond finesse. East wins
the ♦K and returns a spade for
West to cash out the spade suit.
East’s ♣A will be the setting
trick latter.
If South chooses to duck the
first spade lead, however, and
win the second, East won’t have
a spade to return and since
West can not get in, South will
have time to discard a spade
loser on the diamonds.
While it is not always obvious
to do so, holding up on the
opening lead can be just as
effective in a suit contract as
in a no-trump contract. If East
is ruffing the second spade,
South may go down in a cold
contract. At least South will
have readers sympathetic ear, if
not his partner’s!
‘Don’t deny what’s obvious
to see’
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