Sunday, 10 March 2019

Further trap


SOUTH’S jump to 4promises a hand with distributional values and not necessarily an abundance of high cards. 

On the lead of K, East plays 4, discouraging a spade continuation. West switches to 4, dummy plays 7, East Q and South takes A. If South draws one round of trumps, plays a K, and ruffs a club low, East will overruff 7 with Q and play his last trump. South will be left with a club loser. 

South will succeed if it plays no trumps at all before ruffing clubs, or if he plays to a high trump and leads a club towards his K and takes his first club ruff with the other high trump. The second with that significant 7, South will lose a trick to Q but makes the contract. 

There is one further trap to consider. If South crosses to the high heart and lead a club, East might ruff, put his partner in with a diamond and a third club will promote Q. To avoid this trick, South should simply play a diamond. If East gets immediate club ruff, he ruffs a loser and declarer can then draw trumps and take the one club ruff that he would require. 

‘The greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity or power, but self-rejection.’

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