Hand 8

N	E	S	W
1§	Pass	1ª	Pass
2ª	Pass	4ª	Pass
Pass	Pass

Contract:4ª

Opening Lead K

These are the 4 hands

ªKxx

Qx
§AJxxxx

ªxx

KQxxx

AJ9x
§Qx

ªxxx

AJxxx

10
§K109x

ªAQJxx

Kxxxxx
§x

Declarer trumps the 2nd

and leads a

to the Q and another on which east discards a

.You win with the 9 and its you to go. Well we could play a trump, declarer wins in hand and trumps a

with the Kª and draws trumps conceding a

.Plan B, we could play a diamond same result. Can we beat this? How about the no-no ruff and discard, he can ruff in either hand but just cant manage. Lets say he ruffs in dummy, he can play A§ and ruff a§ ruff a

with the Kª and draw trumps but he has no more trumps and is still missing the A

. He would do better to ruff in hand and ruff a

low in dummy and its over to east. He must !NOT! over ruff. Declarer can play A§ ruff a § and ruff another

low but this time east overruffs and forces him with a § and he is a trick short. There's more to this game than meets the eye.