Avoid hasty error

[nige1]

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A deal like this turned up at the weekend.

You are South, declarer in 6♠.

LHO leads ♦3 and you win RHO's ♦K with ♦A.

Both defenders follow to ♠A.

LHO discards ♣5 on ♠K.

Now what?[/hv]

[KurtGodel]

Cross to dummy with a heart, play a small club from dummy.

a) East rises with the ace. Unblock clubs, take a diamond ruffing finesse (change the order depending on what suit they play back) you make: 6 trumps, 2 hearts, 2 clubs, 2 diamonds.

b) East plays low. Win the king, ruffing finesse in diamonds, pitching a club. Now you concede a heart and ruff one in hand, you make: 7 trumps, 2 hearts, 1 club, 2 diamonds.

[MrAce]

The above post shd end this topic. Regardless this is nice hand to post Nige1.

[nige1]

The above post shd end this topic. Regardless this is nice hand to post Nige1.

Thank you, Mr Ace. You all avoided the trap of leading ♦J too early :) LHO scuppers declarer by failing to cover :(

[Mbodell]

Thank you. The trap you all avoided is to lead ♦J too early. LHO defeats declarer by failing to cover :(

 

The trap I fell for just looking at N/S was missing that E had X and playing W for the A and leading a club to the Q for the Morton Fork the other way (planning to pitch the club on the ruffing finesse diamond if it was ducked by W). I mess up some BM hands the same way as paying attention to the auction in problem hands presented visually as a problem, but where I don't see the bids in sequence, is a common mistake. I'm not sure if it reflects not considering the auction at the table as much or not in real life.