A deal from the
Tollemache final in February.
Dealer S Game All.
After a short auction
you reach a poor contract. West leads the club four to
East's ace and East returns a heart. How do you play?
Solution If the king of clubs is still in your hand after trick one you have gone off. To force an entry to dummy you must unblock the club king and hope that East cannot return a club before you unblock the diamonds. On a heart return you can win the ace, cash the top diamonds and play a club. When you get to dummy you cash the diamonds, which fortunately break, and take the heart finesse for your ninth trick. The full deal was
Thanks
to John Holland for reporting this deal
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