Declarer escapes with club finesse after careful trump play
In a bridge hand, declarer misreads a defender’s signals but adjusts by drawing trumps and ruffing to three spades. After ruffing the third spade, a club toward dummy yields East’s ten, forcing a lead that allows the club queen to be established via dummy’s king.
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Declarer
West
East
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Bridge Aces Fight Through Tight Board With Cued Bids
Bobby Wolff records a tense bridge play as dummy hides a laugh behind tears after declarer loses the exacting game. West opens with a Michael’s cue bid promising length in both majors and 8 to 11 points as the hand unfolds with ruffing the second heart. South West Nort 1¢ 2¢ 3¢ 5¢ Pass Pass.
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Declarer
West
Michael
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