Bridge: Sept. 4, 2022

Expert gamblers have two rules: Under no circumstances wager on a loser for the reason that you think his luck will change never ever bet on a “sure detail.”

In today’s offer, North’s soar to 2NT was “Unusual,” promising size in both of those minimal fits. North would seldom have a potent hand he would generally have a hand appropriate for a sacrifice, with enjoying tricks but not excellent higher-card energy. The precise North hand was a flimsy case in point.

South did perfectly to bid only five diamonds — a extra common North hand this sort of as 5,8,KQ642,KJ10764 would have built 6 diamonds a great deal — and South have to have been amazed, and probably tempted to redouble, when he was doubled at 5.

West qualified prospects the king of hearts, and South seems to have a few unavoidable losers: a coronary heart and the best trumps. If he requires the ace of hearts and tries to discard his heart loser on a significant club in dummy, East will ruff with his small trump.

Down 1 seems to be like a confident point. Would you bet on the protection?

When East ruffs the 3rd superior club, South overruffs. He can take the ace of spades, ruffs a spade and leads a fourth club. East discards if he ruffs with the ace, declarer discards his heart loser. South ruffs, ruffs an additional spade and leads the great fifth club. If East ruffs with the ace, South discards a coronary heart and loses only to West’s king of trumps. So East discards yet again, and South will get rid of his shedding coronary heart.

West ruffs with his very low trump and tries to hard cash the queen of hearts, but South ruffs and leads a trump, and when the king and ace drop with each other, South is property.

Under no circumstances wager on a positive detail.

West supplier

E-W susceptible

NORTH

S 5

H J 8

D Q 9 6 4 2

C K Q 10 7 3

WEST

S K J

H K Q 9 4 2

D K 3

C J 8 6 2

EAST

S Q 7 4 3 2

H 7 6 5 3

D A 5

C 5 4

SOUTH

S A 10 9 8 6

H A 10

D J 10 8 7

C A 9

West North East South
1 H 2 NT 3 H 5 D
Dbl All Go
Opening guide — H K

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