One can not trust even one's own mother!
At the Summer Nationals I sat down to kibitz the leaders for the last hand of the L.M. pairs. Suddenly West developed a devastating nosebleed and rushed out of the room. Everyone at the table agreed to give me permission to play his cards for him. These are what he held:
:
5 | 
:
9,8,7,6,5 | 
:
5,4 | 
:
A,8,7,6,5
The Auction progressed as follow ...
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N. |
E. |
S. |
W. |
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1- |
pass |
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1- |
pass |
1- |
pass |
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2- |
pass |
4-NT |
pass |
|
5- |
pass |
5- |
pass |
5=
1 or 4 Keys, 5-=Queen
ask |
6- |
pass |
6- |
pass |
A
and Queen |
pass |
pass |
I was still thinking about the auction,
when the A
fell out of my hand, face up onto the table. Dummy came down as ...
:
Q,J,2 | :
A,4,3,2 | :
3,2 | :
Q,4,3,2
... partner follows with the 10. Continuing
Clubs partner's Jack is ruffed. Declarer now cashes the A and K of -s,
partner playing the 6 and the Jack. Now South leads the 7.
Decide what you will play now, given all the information from the
bidding, (I'll help you here) such as the spade suit's most likely
lay of 1-3-4-5 around the table etc.
Having decided, click the ONWARD button below. Of course you can give up completely and go back to the GRIMOIRE or go HOME ...