South’s Heart Run Beats Conservative Diamond Lead
In a Bridge problem, Jacoby On Bridge notes West doubles on general principles and opens the queen of diamonds. South wins in dummy and runs hearts, countering West’s conservative diamond lead. West discards spades and clubs as East yields. South deduces a king of spades is unguarded, leading a spade from dummy, and goes down one when the king does not drop.
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Bridge lesson and the perils of roundabout play
A motorist asks a Vermont farmer the distance to Brattleboro. The farmer replies with a joke about miles and turns, illustrating why roundabout bridge play often fails. The column discusses a recent South hand where two no trump was brilliant yet unsound and considers optimal continuations after South opens one club.
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