Bridge: June 3, 2022

“Do you assume any one ever fully commited a ideal criminal offense?” Cy the Cynic requested me in the club lounge.

“Seems like an ontological question,” I mentioned. “If it happened, how would we know?”

Cy was continue to bugged by today’s deal from his penny recreation. He had opened 3 spades as East and defended from four hearts, and declarer experienced pulled off some freeway robbery. When West led the queen of spades, Cy place up his ace — and South performed the king!

“I couldn’t lead the jack,” the Cynic explained to me. “If declarer ruffed, he could possibly get a valuable discard on dummy’s ten. So I shifted to my singleton club.”

QUEEN OF TRUMPS

South took the ace and cashed the A-K of trumps. He unblocked his K-Q of clubs, led a trump to dummy and took the jack of clubs for his 10th trick.

“A best crime by him,” Cy grumbled, “imperfect protection by me.”

Cy experienced my sympathy. If South performs the three of spades at Trick A single, Cy will return a spade for West to ruff, and the protection will take the A-K of diamonds.

Each day Question

You hold: S K 3 H A K J 8 7 2 D 9 4 C A K Q. You open a person heart, and your partner bids a single spade. The opponents pass. What do you say?

Remedy: You may possibly have opened two clubs, artificial and powerful. At the time you open up one heart and your lover responds, you must power to recreation. A soar to four hearts may do the job. My selection would be a bounce-shift to three golf equipment. If companion holds a hand this kind of as A 8 6 4 2, 3, A 8, J 8 7 6 3, you can perhaps make 7 golf equipment.

East supplier

Equally sides susceptible

NORTH

S 10 4 2

H Q 10 3

D Q 5 3

C J 7 4 3

WEST

S Q

H 9 4

D A 10 7 6 2

C 10 8 6 5 2

EAST

S A J 9 8 7 6 5

H 6 5

D K J 8

C 9

SOUTH

S K 3

H A K J 8 7 2

D 9 4

C A K Q

East South West North
3 S 4 H Pass Move
Move
Opening guide — S Q

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