Here is an easy quiz hand. Dealer is West. [Matchpoint scoring]
West leads K♣️. North wins trick one with A♣️.
Now what?
Vacant Spaces Redux
Here is an easy quiz hand. Dealer is West. [Matchpoint scoring]
West leads K♣️. North wins trick one with A♣️.
Now what?
pull trump
run hearts and ruff low hearts
play Q D and lose to the ace
lose 1 club and then ruff the rest
should take 11 trx
You didn’t say, but I assume the contract is 4S. I would lead the KS from dummy.
Play East for Qxx of spades. So,
Win SK. If West shows out, lead SJ for the marked finesse. Then the SA in hand.
HK, HA, HQ.
If hearts break 3-3 dump 2 club losers on remaining hearts and claim, making 6.
If hearts don’t break 3-3, give up a diamond and club loser, making 5.