COUNTED OUT
by Jos van Kan.
As W you hold at Imps, no one vul, in second seat
S opens 1NT, alerted as 12-14, your side passes throughout, N bids 2
(transfer), S accepts: 2
, N invites
game: 3
and S accepts with 4
.
You lead (rightly or wrongly) your 4th best
and the dummy shows:
Your
4 goes to partner's
K and declarers A, who continues by playing AK of trumps on which partner
throws
Q the second round
and declarer follows suit with two small cards.
After that declarer plays
Q
from the board, covered by K and A, she plays
J
and ruffs a
. Now she plays
2,
partner small and she inserts the 9 which you win with the T. The position
is
Questions:
-
Who has
K?
-
Who has
Q?
-
How many
did declarer start out with at
most?
-
How many
does declarer have left at least?
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How many certain tricks does declarer have at this point?
-
What card does partner need for the contract to go down and how do you
defend?
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