One Chance
K 9 6
A J 10 8
J 8 5
A Q 3
J 5 4 3
9 7
Q 4
K J 5 4 2
Q 8 7 2
4 2
K 10 6 3 2
10 8
A 10
K Q 6 5 3
A 9 7
9 7 6
| West |
North |
East |
South |
|
|
Pass |
1 ♥ |
| Pass |
2 NT
|
Pass |
3 ♥ |
| Pass |
4 ♥ |
All Pass |
|
*Forcing raise |
West found a poor low spade lead. Declarer played low, East
played the queen, and declarer won in hand. Declarer
drew trumps ending in hand and played the
♠ 10, ducked
around. Declarer then played a club to the queen,
a diamond to the ace, and a club to ace, and pitched a club
on the
♠ K. Declarer ruffed a club, arriving
at this position:
Declarer played a diamond from his hand, and West was forced to win the
queen. West was caught in a throw-in, and had to give declarer a ruff and discard in one of the black suits.
West could have avoided this endplay by dropping the
♦ Q
under the ace. That was the main reason for taking the
♦ A before showing the position in the black suits.
Only six players who played
4 ♥ got a spade lead. Of those, only one player,
Curt Hastings (curt), found this extra overtrick. It was worth a measly IMP,
but an IMP is an IMP.