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Hard Luck Louie was once again trying to win the club’s Saturday night duplicate. West found the excellent opening lead of a trump. It was pointless for Louie to try for a club ruff in dummy, as the defense would be able to prevent that with repeated trump leads. There would be no overtrick, but […]

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South in today’s deal was Egyptian star Walid el-Ahmady. We can’t be sure, but we think South’s four-notrump bid was natural, not Blackwood. North, who had shown nothing, probably felt he was too good to pass after South’s very strong bidding. West could not lead a spade and chose to lead a heart. A club […]

A declarer will sometimes have a blind spot in the play of a hand. The winning play is right there but he just can’t see it. West found the excellent lead of a trump. South won and led the queen of clubs. West won with the ace and continued his good work by leading another […]

Today’s deal is from a recent online team competition. At one table, the auction went as shown, with North blasting into game at his first turn. South won the opening diamond lead in hand with the ace and led a trump. West rose with his ace and shifted to a high heart. South won with […]