BRIDGE MASTERCLASS

SouTH opens 1 which you, West, overcall with 2 . North bids 3 and raises South’s 3 to 4 . You lead the A, dummy following with the 2, and your partner with the 3 and South with the 4. Have you a chance of defeating this contract? YeS, if east holds as much as the 10, as you know he can’t have much else. Continue with your second top diamond and then another, hoping for an uppercut (trump promotion).

When you get in with the A lead still another diamond. If east has the 10, or even just possibly the J or Q, and he ruffs with it, your

9 will be promoted.