♠ K 9 5 3
♥ A Q J 9
♦ Q 6 2
♣ J 5
♠ Q 10 8 7 ♠ J 4
♥ 10 8 6 4 ♥ ---
♦ --- ♦ K J 10 9 8 7 4 3
♣ 10 9 8 7 2 ♣ 6 4 3
♠ A 6 2
♥ K 7 5 3 2
♦ A 5
♣ A K Q
West North East South
1♦ 3♦ 3♥
Pass 3NT Pass 5NT
Pass 6♥ All Pass
Declarer won the trump lead with dummy's 9. He drew trumps, continued with the ♣A K Q, then played the ♠A and another spade. West followed low and when South played the ♠9, East won the jack and was endplayed. He had to return a diamond, taken in dummy with the queen. Now declarer could draw trumps and claim.
After the ♠A and another, West can play the queen, a crocodile coup. This fails, however, as declarer can duck, win the return, come to his hand and lead a spade to the ♠9 for his 12th trick.
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy your blog. I assume that this is a book hand but you didn't write it up correctly. You have to pull 4 rounds of trump and the 3 clubs. As stated West would just ruff the diamond return for down 1.
Now after pulling trumps and 3 rounds of clubs, Ace and a spade will endplay East. If West plays the Q of spades on the second round then you duck to create a finesse position.
Dooug
Thanks for your comment, Doug. I corrected the text.
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