Dealer
: West
Vuln : Both |
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Opening
lead: K
East
should play the 6 of diamonds at trick one.
When
this hand was played many years ago in a
duplicate game,
East
played the 4 of diamonds.
Norman Kay, declarer, played the
8. West
wasn't
sure what the diamond distribution was, but he
considered
the
likelihood that South held six or
seven spades to the king-queen.
In
that case, a
club shift might be necessary, before dummy's
red
tricks
were set up. So he shifted to a club. Kay won
the king, led
a spade
to the ace, took a diamond
discard on the A and played another
trump,
conceding the ace of hearts to make his game.
East,
who thinks he has nothing to do on this hand,
has a lot to
do:
Tell partner to cash another diamond
trick! East should encourage
with his second-to-
highest diamond spot (and then follow next
time
with the 9). West should realize that partner would
not encourage
diamonds if he held the king of clubs
behind the ace and wanted
a
shift to clubs.
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thinking, consider taking
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Switch
in Time bridge course #190
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