South |
West |
North |
East |
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1 |
Pass |
1 |
Pass |
2NT |
Pass |
3NT |
Pass |
Pass |
Pass |
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Contract: 3NT. Lead 
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South needs to run the diamonds in dummy to make the contract. When
the K appears from West, South will have the knee-jerk reaction to
win the A. If South does this, she will be unable to run the diamonds,
because the J will win the third round. So south needs to duck the
K of diamonds and then later run the diamonds while she still has
one.
You should Love/Relish/Jump
with JOY when the K
shows up on the first play. What if this were the J
that was singleton instead of the K.
In this case, East will have K
xx and a simple hold up (not taking the Q
at first opportunity) beats this hand. Your Contract is guaranteed
when that K
shows up. What if West has the K
and J
and tries to deceive you when the K
comes down. Well done for West because he probably held you to one
less trick because you HAD to take this safety play.
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