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Feeling stupid
by Jan van Cleeff
Mixed Teams Swiss-A, round 3
Love all, you have:
♠ A 5 ♥ 10 2 ♦ J 8 4 2 ♣ 10 7 5 4 2
LHO opens Four Spades, partner passes, RHO jumps to Six Hearts and there it rests. Your lead please.
I led a club and when dummy went down, I immediately felt stupid:
| Board 30. Dealer East. None Vul. |
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♠ A 5
♥ 10 2
♦ J 8 4 2
♣ 10 7 5 4 2 |
♠ –
♥ A K Q J 9 7 4 3
♦ 7 |
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♠ K Q 9 8 7 6 3 2
♥ 6 5
♦ Q 10 3 |
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♠ J 10 4
♥ 8
♦ A K 9 6 5
♣ Q J 8 6 |
A trump lead or a diamond lead and a trump switch would leave declarer without a chance. Hard to find? Well, since quite a few players found the right lead, I felt even more stupid.
I discussed the hand with Chris Willenken who in fact found the trump lead: ‘Actually I was considering tabling the ♠A first and then switching to a trump. That way I could kill a dummy with no entries in case declarer had a stiff spade and finesses in the minors. A little bit too far fetched though.’
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