A Little Bit Too High
Although the contract looks dangerous, an experienced declarer is still able to bring the contract home.
You may think about the declarer play before reading on.
| West Pass Pass Pass | North 1 ![]() Dbl 3 NT | East 2 ![]() Pass AP | South 1 ![]() Pass 2 NT | Board 7 IMPs Both Vul | Q 10 7 4 J 8 7 3 7 K Q J 4 | Trick 1 | Lead 5 | 2nd 7 | 3rd 9 | 4th ? | |||
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3 NT South | A 3 2 A 6 A Q 6 10 9 7 6 2 | ||||||||||||
RHO took the first club and returned
to knock out your
A.
to knock out your
A.
This contract is quite remote and the best chance is to execute a squeeze throw-in against East.
Cash all five clubs and arrive a six cards ending:
Q 10 7 J 8 7 — — | |||
![]() | K 9 — 9 4 3 2 — | ||
A 3 2 A 6 6 — | |||
Above shows one of the possible holdings of East.
Depends on East's discards, you can now cash
A to squeeze East.If East discards a diamond, you can endplay him with a diamond.
Even West may get in, he does not have enough tricks to defeat you.
As long as West holds
J, you can get the 9th trick in spade.If East discards a spade, cash
A now to drop
K and
Q is the 9th trick for the contract.Note that you cannot duck the lead because East can return a heart to defeat you if he is 3=3=6=1 or 2=4=6=1.
The full deal:
| Board 7 IMPs Both Vul | Q 10 7 4 J 8 7 3 7 K Q J 4 | ||
J 6 K 10 9 5 4 J 8 5 8 5 3 | ![]() | K 9 8 5 Q 2 K 10 9 4 3 2 A | |
A 3 2 A 6 A Q 6 10 9 7 6 2 | |||


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