Eloping with Trumps


Hervé Pacault made good use of his trumps on this deal from the second round of the Teams:

Board 4. Dealer West. Game All
spade A K 6
heart A 6 5 4
diamond A 10 5 3
club 8 7
spade 2 spade Q J 10 3
heart Q J 9 3 heart K 10 8 7
diamond K 8 2 diamond Q 9 7
club Q J 9 5 2 club 6 4
spade 9 8 7 5 4
heart 2
diamond J 6 4
club A K 10 3

West North East South
Martens Riberol Miszewska Pacault

Pass 1NT Pass 2club
Dble 2heart Pass 2spade
Pass 3spade Pass 4spade
All Pass

Against South's Four Spades, West led clubQ. Pacault won and at once set about a dummy reversal. He played a heart to the ace and ruffed a heart, a trump to dummy and another heart ruff, a second trump to dummy, and ruffed the last heart. Then he took king of clubs and ruffed a club in dummy. East had to over-ruff to prevent declarer having ten tricks immediately. But now West had to lead a diamond. He actually led a low one. West's king was beaten and another diamond set up declarer's tenth trick. If East had switched to diamondQ then South would have let it hold, end-playing East.

Results Contents
Teams, Round 5
Teams, Round 6
Teams, Round 7
Teams, Round 8
Teams, Round 9
Deeper Thoughts
Heart Break, by Jan van Cleef
From the Commentator's table
Last Minute Fit
Eloping with Trumps
From the Commentator's table 2



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