West’s club discard leads to doomed finesse lesson
In a bridge hand West errs by discarding a worthless club during diamond tricks. His choice reveals no high clubs to protect, guiding South to play dummy’s ace and force the king on clubs, making a second club finesse lose. The article warns against oversimplified discards.
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