Daily Mail

BRIDGE MASTERCLAS­S

- PETER DONOVAN

You, West, have reached this position after the first eight tricks from yesterday’s deal have been played. You are in 5 ♦ doubled, and require all but one of the remaining tricks, with the lead in dummy. WheN dummy’s ♥ 8 is lead and ruffed by you, North is end-played. he does best to let you hold this trick to give you a chance to go wrong.

But you next put him on lead with the last trump to play away from ♠ K. Dummy wins ♠ J, and cashes the establishe­d ♥ 9, before taking ♠ A — and the contract.

These unusual lines of play are prompted because of informatio­n revealed by opponents. In this case, the trump finesse might have been a normal option had not North’s bidding clearly indicated he held ♦ K.

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