#8 Neither Vulnerable
South East South West
2NT Pass 3NT AP
North (dummy)
♠ K J 8
♥ 7 3 2
♦ A J 6 5 2
♣ 7 4
West East
♠ Q 5 4 3 2 ♠
♥ A Q 8 6 4 ♥ 10
♦ 8 7 ♦
♣ 5 ♣
South (declarer)
♠
♥ J
♦
♣
South wins the ♥J and cashes the ♣AK. What does West discard?
As West, when east plays the ♥10 and South wins the ♥J, West knows that South holds the KJ9. East’s ♥10 denies the ♥9 and East would have played 3rd hand high with the ♥K if it was in East’s hand. When South leads the ♣A, East plays the ♣J to show a sequence. As West, when discarding on the second club, discard a low spade (♠2) from length, not from shortness. If you discard a low diamond and then show out on the second round of diamonds, it tells South where the missing ♦Q is located. It’s called giving away the show!
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How Do You Defend? 3-8
