There Aren’t Any Medals for Valor in Bridge
In this bridge column South misread a hand, overreached with clubs after a heart lead, and failed to take nine tricks. The author argues the key is avoiding avoidable risks and managing based on likely club divisions 3-2 or 4-1. South should have played a low club from dummy to make nine tricks whether clubs split 3-2 or 4-1, yielding plus 800 instead of minus 200.