#4 Both Vulnerable
South West North East
2♣ Pass 2♦ DBL
2♠ Pass 3♠ Pass
5♣ Pass 5♥ Pass
6♠ AP
North (dummy)
♠ A 8
♥ 3 2
♦ 7 5 4 3 2
♣A 10 8 7
West (you) East
♠ 9 7 2 ♠
♥ 9 8 5 4 ♥
♦ 6 ♦ K
♣ K J 4 3 2 ♣
South (declarer)
♠
♥
♦ A
♣
South wins the ♦A and leads a low spade towards the dummy. What is West’s play?
As West, when South leads a spade, first play the S7 and then the S2. A high-low in the trump suit (called the trump echo) shows another trump and the desire to trump something. The trump echo is often used after leading a singleton.
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