Tuesday, March 17, 2009

What scores better for EW? Five clubs or Four hearts?




Dlr: S
Vul: Nil




AQ7

6542

8652

54




J6

J

AQJ7

KJT973



85

AKT98

K943

A8




KT9432

Q73

T

Q62



After South opened TWO SPADES, some E-Ws got to FIVE CLUBS as at our table,
there was no problem to the play, club queen sitting nicely.
I wondered if FOUR HEARTS might not be the better matchpoint score for East West, and was
in fact, a little smug. But we got only 33% for -400. Do you see what happened?
When south leads his singleton diamond, only a few declarers cleared trumps with HA, HK and another.
Most finessed, and now south put in partner with the Spade Ace and they got a D ruff to go with their three tricks.

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