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K J 9
A J 3 2
A Q 7 6 2![[W - E]](t.gif)
K Q 9 3 A Q 5 2 Q 10 8 9 3| 4 K J 9 A J 3 2 A Q 7 6 2 |
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K Q 9 3 A Q 5 2 Q 10 8 9 3 |
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| Both Vul |
West 2 Pass |
North 1 2 NT Pass |
You East Dbl Pass Dbl |
South 1 4 All Pass |
| Trick 1. W 2. E 3. N 4. S 5. E |
Lead 3 Q 4 7 ? |
2nd J 7 3 4 |
3rd Q 4 6 9 |
4th 6 A 5 A |
Play recap: Partner led the heart deuce to dummy's jack and your queen. You returned the queen of diamonds, won by dummy's ace. Now declarer took a deep spade finesse, winning the six, and led a heart to dummy's nine and your ace.
How do you feel about what you have done so far?
Plan the defense from here. Do you like your chances?
Send answers to JohnCTorrey@AOL.COM. Winner gets an RBC free play! For this contest, the award will go to the entrant with the fewest masterpoints who answers correctly as to both the lead to make now and the reason for it.