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Well done Mr Hinge

Posted by Ron Klinger on Thursday, 22 October 2015 at 21:32

Simon Hinge of Melbourne found a nice play on this deal from Round 4 : Board 18 of the Spring National Open Teams:

(Hand rotated for convenience)

The bidding went

 

West	North	East	South
---	---	---	1♦
Pass	1♠	2♥	3♣
Pass	4♦1	Pass	4♥2
Pass	5♦	All pass

(1) Range and key card ask

(2) Minimum, no slam interest

 

West led the ♥10. East won and played another top heart. South ruffed and crossed to the ♦A. When the ♦K dropped, the trump position was clear. Declarer continued with a heart ruff, ♠A, ♠K, club to the ace, ♠Q for a club discard and a club to the king. These cards remained:

 

South played the CQ, but the C10 finished West, whether he ruffed low or with an honour. Well done, Mr. Hinge.