ª		J 8 6
					©		J 6
					¨		9 7 5 3
					§		A K Q 7
							N
ª	10 9 5							ª	7 4 3 2
©	10 8 5 4 2						W                          E	©	K 9 7 3
¨	2							¨	K 8 6 4
§	10 6 3 2							§	8
							S
					ª		A K Q
					©		A Q
					¨		A Q J 10
					§		J 9 5 4
W		N	E	S
				2§
NO		2¨	NO	2NT
NO		6NT

 

 

This deal came from a Match Point session and only one declarer managed to take thirteen tricks. West led the ten of spades at all tables and after winning the queen

of spades, the successful declarer found the key play at trick two – leading the nine of clubs to dummy’s ace.

After a successful diamond finesse, he continued with the Jack of clubs. As East had followed with the eight of clubs on the first round of the suit, when West produced a second club it was safe to overtake this with the king of clubs (as you shall see).

A second diamond finesse brought the good news that the diamond finesse was actually working and the bad news that the suit had divided 4-1. No matter, declarer now led the four of clubs and covered West’s six with the seven, enabling him to take a third diamond finesse with the queen of clubs still available for the successful heart finesse.

All but one of the other declarers tackled clubs by cashing the jack first, reducing their entries to three, which they used to take diamond finesses. The remaining South began the clubs by leading the four of clubs to dummy’s ace and was unlucky enough to find a player who followed to the five of clubs with the ten, reducing the club entries back to three.

 

 

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