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Another deal from the
National Inter County League Final, an opening lead problem this
time.
Love All Teams Dealer West
(1) Splinter agreeing
Hearts
(2) RKCB (3) One key card (4) Queen of trumps? (5) Yes and the spade king What do
you lead ?
Since West continued to slam despite East discouraging with his four heart bid, it seems likely that the club king is in dummy. Accordingly Michael Newman underled his club ace. This was a spectacular success when the full deal was as follows.
Declarer,
unsurprisingly, misguessed the clubs, Michael Byrne won the queen of
clubs, returned a club and now Michael Newman played the diamond
queen. Declarer cashed one top heart and, noting the fall of the
jack (or queen), returned to hand and followed the principle of
restricted choice to finesse in trumps. Two down. Note that
on a spade lead, or club lead followed by a spade, declarer has no
quick
entry back to hand to take the heart finesse, so would be forced to
play trumps from the top.
Thanks to Michael Newman for reporting this deal |
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