Of course, Declarer will finesse
against East for the ♥K
and the lazy way of doing that is to run the Jack around, thereby keeping the
lead in Dummy for a repeat finesse, if necessary. But, alas for Declarer, there
is no repeat finesse! East’s King covers the
♥J
and, when East shows out on the second Heart, Declarer realizes that he has
blundered! Now West’s Heart Nine will eventually score a trick and Declarer is
down one.
►
|
♠ K
♥
J854
♦
J75
♣ AKQJ6 |
|
♠ Q932
♥
9763
♦
A6
♣ 875 |
Dummy
West East
Declarer |
♠ 854
♥
K
♦
KQ982
♣ T942 |
|
♠ AJT76
♥
AQT2
♦
T43
♣ 3 |
|
It was necessary for Declarer to
lead a low Heart from the board, an essential precaution against East
having the singleton King. This is the kind of problem that nobody gets wrong
when they see it in the newspaper. But in the heat of battle it is a different
story, as evidenced at a recent club duplicate game where four (embarrassed)
Declarers managed to lose a trump trick and go down.