Cape Argus

Bridge

- Alan Simmonds

Dealer South: game all

A curious auction, but proved lucky for non-balancers here; South should really re-open North’s lead was taken on the table and a diamond went to the jack, king and ace. North crossed to partner’s

Q who returned the singleton trump king. Declarer won and led another diamond, ruffed by North with the 7, who then played the J to declarer’s K. West tried another diamond. If North ruffs the Contract fails, but instead he threw a heart, allowing the contract to make. But this proved far from expensive. The score of - 90 scored 81.4% of the available match points, most pairs went down in hearts.

 ??  ?? Opening lead: Spade Queen
Opening lead: Spade Queen

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