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 | Trick 1 | Lead | 2nd 7 | 3rd 9 | 4th ? | ||||
3 NT South | |||||||||||||
RHO took the first club and returned
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:
Above shows one of the possible holdings of East.
Depends on East's discards, you can now cash
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
If East discards a spade, cash
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 | |||
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