If you bid aggressively, your declarer play must be up to the
task. Here is a hand that challenged the declarer.
Scoring: Matchpoints (Pairs)
Hand #36
Dlr
E
Vul
N/S
Q3
5
AKQ107
Q9752
2
Q1064
6432
AK103
A965
KJ983
J9
86
KJ10874
A72
85
J4
West
North
East
South
Pass
2
Pass
4
All Pass
BIDDING: At this
vulnerability the N/S partnership uses sound weak-two bids so North
raised to game. It seems too optimistic for me but it's difficult
to argue with success.
PLAY: West led the
ace of clubs and then shifted to a low heart. Declarer saw he
must lose two clubs and at least one spade so he could not afford to
lose a heart. It wouldn't work to next ruff a heart because he
had no quick entry back to his hand. He could ruff one heart and
try to discard the other on the third round of diamonds but a 3-3
diamond break offered only a 36% chance. He finally decided to
lead a club and hope the defenders would switch to trumps.
However, West won the club king and continued with another heart.
Declarer ruffed this in dummy and then played the good queen of clubs
from dummy. East was fixed: if he ruffed declarer would overruff,
trump his other heart in dummy, and only lose one trump trick. If
East failed to ruff, declarer would discard his losing heart, play the
spade queen from dummy, and again lose only one spade trick.
