Dealer: South
Opening Lead:Â Â 4 | Unlucky Louie, who is blessed with a big family, says you can learn a lot from your kids — such as how much patience you have.Whatever patience Louie displays at home is lacking in his penny games. When he was declarer at 3NT, West led a diamond, and dummy’s jack won. Louie then (at his usual breakneck pace) took the ace of clubs and led the ten ride: an “avoidance” play since he didn’t want East to get in for a diamond return. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
EIGHT TRICKS West won and led a spade. Louie had eight tricks: three clubs, a spade, a diamond and three hearts. If he lost a spade finesse, East would return a diamond. So Louie took the ace and relied on the hearts. He went down when East held J-9-8-6.“The spade finesse would have won,” Louie grumbled. “My luck.”After Louie wins the first trick, he exercises some patience by testing the hearts. When West discards, Louie finesses in clubs as before. But when West wins and leads a spade, Louie knows he must finesse to make the contract. DAILY QUESTION You hold: ANSWER Copyright © 2015, Tribune Media Services |
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