TRY TO VISUALIZE THE END-POSITION

Robert L. Schwartz said, "The entrepreneur is essentially a visualizer and an actualizer. He can visualize something, and when he visualizes it, he sees exactly how to make it happen."

A top bridge player is good at visualizing where the missing key cards lie.

West used the Unusual No-trump to show at least 5-5 in the minors. North's threeclub cue-bid (the cheaper) promised at least gameinvitational values in the lower-ranking of the other two suits; here, hearts. (A response of three hearts would have indicated the values for a single raise. A three-diamond cue-bid would have guaranteed five-plus spades and game-going values. A response of three spades would have been natural but nonforcing.)

After East leapt aggressively to five diamonds, South closed his eyes and bid a slam, hoping that if the opponents could cash the club ace and king, West would start with a diamond.

When West led the club king, South experienced a sinking feeling - until he saw the club ace on the board. Still, though, he seemed to have two club losers. What did he do?

South possessed a key piece of information: that East had only one club. So, declarer won with dummy's club ace, drew trumps ending on the board, cashed the diamond ace, ruffed a diamond, took the top spades, ruffed a spade and ruffed the diamond jack. Then he led the spade five and discarded a club from the board.