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Opening
lead: 2
When
I held the South hand in a world championship, I bid 6.
Dummy
wasn't quite enough, the way I played it. I ruffed the
lead
and led the king of diamonds to the ace. A diamond was
returned.
I discarded a club and won in dummy. I decided
to
go after clubs and took the finesse. The queen held
and I led
another club to the ace. Now I saw that West
was short in
clubs and presumably shorter in hearts than
East. So I cashed
the ace of spades and led a spade to
the 10, playing West for
the jack-third. My plan was to
ruff a club with the queen of
spades next and lead a spade
to the king for three minor-suit
tricks, to throw three
hearts. But East won the jack of spades.
Down two.
I
could have made the hand cross-ruffing, since East held the
jack
of spades. That's besides the point. In the auction I could
have
given partner a chance to stop in 5 by bidding 5 instead
of
blasting to slam.
My
tip: Don't play partner for the perfect cards. When you can,
get
some feedback from him. |