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Movie #10: Page 2
The full deal:
This one was not difficult. Your partner had just one opportunity
to signal in a red suit, and he showed you an odd number of diamonds.
You therefore discarded a heart yourself, ultimately collecting a pair of
diamond tricks to defeat the contract. Had you pitched a diamond,
declarer would have played on that suit, setting up his nine-spot
red-suit
distribution. Had partner discarded a high diamond or the heart
deuce
, you would have known to keep your heart stopper. (Note that
a discard of the heart seven
here would be ambiguous, and therefore a
poor choice.)
A few rounds later, though, the situation wasn't as friendly for your side:
Still sitting west, you lead the ♠ again.
As before, declarer arranges to win three top spades plus four club tricks
with the aid of a finesse, partner following suit to every lead,
leaving this 8
now-familiar ending:
South cashes the jack
of spades. What is your discard
this time?
