grbradt Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 Hello, I am a novice starting to work through the book 'How to Play a Bridge Hand' by William Root. Here is his illustration #1 introducing the concept of ducking. North ♠10 2 ♥6 3 ♦A 9 5 ♣A 7 6 5 4 2 South ♠A Q 6 5 ♥A K Q ♦K 7 3 2 ♣10 3 Contract is 3NT and opening lead is ♥J After taking trick 1, declarer leads a club and ducks. At this point Root says 'Assuming either defender wins the club trick and returns a heart (no defense is better)....' . My question is what happens if East wins the club trick, and switches to a spade? Assuming the ♠K is offside, and the spades split 4-3 and the clubs split 2-3, how does South make this contract? Feel like I'm missing something obvious! Thanks for any help here, George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grbradt Posted November 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 Never mind! South just plays low, forgot about the ♠10 in North hand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclayton Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 Finding the answer yourself is always best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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