Paul Bethe

Kudos given

Dealer: S

Vul: All

North
QJ872
A873
A85
3
West East
9 54
Q9 KJ642
QJ642 9
KT874 AJ965
South
AKT63
T5
KT73
Q2

A tip of the hat to the defender from this hand.  East-West found the good save of 5 against 4, and I incorrectly judged to bid on.  Against my partner’s 5, a club was led to the Ace and a diamond to the Ten, Jack, and Ace.

Declarer drew trumps with the Ace and King, ruffed a club, and played Ace and another heart.  Had East played low, his partner would have been endplayed, so he smartly hopped up with the King. A club ruff-slough would have been fatal, so he correctly judged to return a low heart which give up one trick, but that was not enough discards for declarer, and the contract went down.


1 Comment

Dave Memphis MOJOJanuary 7th, 2010 at 10:04 pm

Nice defense, cute hand.

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