False-carding in bridge and its subtle art
A bridge note explains how West may continue, while a false card by East in trick one enables a three of clubs danger. The piece discusses how false-carding relies on signaling and misdirecting opponents and notes that overdoing it or never doing it both fail.
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Card sense in automatic false-carding lesson
In a bridge problem West leads king of clubs against four spades. East plays two, South should drop the queen. The bidding sequence reaches South holding bAJ65 YQIE5 632 HADS. You hold and must decide. A bid two spades is suggested as you are stronger than a simple raise. Tomorrow’s answer will reveal the correct action after partner rebids to two no trump.
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