Playing a very casual bridge game (it happened during one of the informal lunch bridge sessions when I was at Microsoft).
You reach a small slam in hearts, and LHO leads the heart 5.
This is what you see:
How will you play?
Solution (Posted too late)
Look at the heart spots! You are missing the J,5 and 3.
Put up the 9 on the 5! If RHO covers, you can draw the last trump by playing the 2 to the 4. If not, you can cash AK of clubs, pitching your spade losers.
You reach a small slam in hearts, and LHO leads the heart 5.
This is what you see:
| IMPS None | Dummy ♠ J96 ♥ 94 ♦ 874 ♣ AK875 | |
| You ♠ KT5 ♥ AKQT8762 ♦ AK ♣ - |
How will you play?
Solution (Posted too late)
Look at the heart spots! You are missing the J,5 and 3.
Put up the 9 on the 5! If RHO covers, you can draw the last trump by playing the 2 to the 4. If not, you can cash AK of clubs, pitching your spade losers.
In order to get to your club winners, you need to establish a trump entry. With the lead of the heart 5, the only outstanding hearts are the J and 3. Rise with the 9. If it holds, then you can play your winning clubs in dummy before drawing trump. If East covers with the J, the heart 4 is promoted and you can play a heart 2 to the 4 in dummy. --Matt
ReplyDeleteCorrect Matt. Well done!
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