Collins Bridge Club
Release 2.19r
Online Prizes

There will be a €150 prize fund at the end of the season for the year's best online players.

Total percentage, with handicap, will determine winners. Genius and frequent play will be rewarded.

Check Stats and Ladders, then Online Ladder.

Play

You are declarer in 3NT and West leads the ♠J. How do you plan the play?

Thanks to: Mr Bridge and David Huggett, Bridge magazine.

You might make four heart tricks if it is your lucky day, but that is a long shot, and besides, it would be wrong to tackle hearts first. Why? Because if East has the K and returns a spade, you would need to play on clubs where two tricks are assured. If East wins the first club, and returns his last spade, then you will be defeated if West has the remaining club honour and two more spades. In all, you would have lost two spades, one heart and two clubs. Now, try tackling clubs first and see the difference. The point is that if the heart finesse loses later on in the play, then East will have been exhausted of spades.

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