North-South vulnerable. North i K 10 3
F K 8 5 3 West i 9
h A J 10 9 7 5 2
g 10
f 7 6 4 2
East i Q 8 7 6 4 2
h 3
g Q 9 6 5 4 3
f - South i A J 5
h K 6
g A J 8
f A Q J 10 9
The dictate:
South West North East
1 f 3 h 3 NT Pass 6 f
Separation lead: ace of hearts.
One way to try to change a mediocre bridge jock into a good one is to convince him that learning to reason things out is far more weighty in the long run than expending energy on trying to master complex invitation conventions or fancy plays that come up once in a blue moon.
Take this situation where South is in six clubs. West leads the ace of hearts, East following action, and continues with the jack of hearts, East discarding a diamond as South wins the peculiarity with the king.
Declarer can count 11 tricks at this matter and sees that he can score a 12th by taking a successful finesse in either spades or diamonds. But if that is as far as his assessment goes, he is not trying hard enough. The fact is that declarer is tried to make the slam if he plays correctly, and he does not have to responsible for himself to the element of chance usually associated with a finesse.
At prank two, South learns that West started with seven hearts, and he also learns at the same antiquated - from East's failure to ruff the second heart create - that West was dealt all four missing clubs. Eleven of West's 13 cards are thus accounted for, and declarer's only uneaten task is to find out how many spades and/or diamonds West holds.
They don't get fancy with their music for the good of being fancy, they keep it simple and to the point and it has paid off in spades.
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