What now buttercup?
Today you hold
752 AK53 J1054 76
Your side is vul, they are not. Partner opens 1 heart in first chair. Your RHO says 1 spade. You say 2NT, which happens to show a four card raise.
LHO jumps all the way to 5 clubs, and your vulnerable partner (me) chimes in with 5 hearts. Your RHO now says 5 spades, and everyone all of a sudden ran out of breath, and that became the final contract. You lead the King of hearts, and this is what you see:
| North | |||
| ♠ | 752 | ||
| ♥ | AK53 | ||
| ♦ | J1054 | ||
| ♣ | 76 | ||
| East | |||
| ♠ | J8 | ||
| ♥ | 102 | ||
| ♦ | void | ||
| ♣ | AKQJ109853 | ||
Your heart king wins the first trick, partner playing the queen, while declarer plays the 4. Now what should you do?
Another heart? Hmm, I doubt that will cash.
A diamond, tapping dummy? Hmm, do you think partner forgot to double 5S with the Aces of spades and diamonds?
A trump? If declarer is void of clubs he will not be able to draw trumps and run the clubs. By playing a trump now, you will beat this contract a trick.
A club? Now you’re talking !!
If declarer has a stiff club, what can he do? He will be forced to abandon clubs before trumps are drawn, and he will go down.
Here was the full layout
| Dealer: south
Vul: north-south |
North | ||||
| ♠ | 752 | ||||
| ♥ | AK53 | ||||
| ♦ | J1054 | ||||
| ♣ | 76 | ||||
| West | East | ||||
| ♠ | AKQ10943 | ♠ | J8 | ||
| ♥ | 4 | ♥ | 102 | ||
| ♦ | K963 | ♦ | void | ||
| ♣ | 2 | ♣ | AKQJ109853 | ||
| South | |||||
| ♠ | 6 | ||||
| ♥ | QJ9876 | ||||
| ♦ | AQ872 | ||||
| ♣ | 4 | ||||
Is it reasonable to exit a club, rather than a trump, at trick 2? I think so – would partner really bid 5 hearts vulnerable if he held two small clubs?
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