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West dealer : North-South vulnerable

West	North	East	South
Pass	1	1	Dble (1)
Pass	2	Pass	3NT
All pass

(1) For takeout, 4+ hearts

West leads the 8: ten - jack - ace. South plays the 5: four - ace - seven and the 2 from dummy: king - ten - four. How should East continue?

Four matches today: We won the first 23-7, then a 15-15 draw, a loss of 13-17 to Braithwaite-Haughie who would finish second and an 11-19 loss in our last match to drop from fourth to fifth. These were the finishing positions:

Back to that problem:

Round 9: Board 12

West dealer : North-South vulnerable

West	North	East	South
Pass	1	1	Dble
Pass	2	Pass	3NT
All pass

Lead: 8

South took the A and, needing to set up the clubs, crossed to the A and led a low club. Hoffman won with the K and promptly switched to the Q to knock out dummy's entry. Lazer ducked, but Hoffman had a third heart to play. That was the end of dummy's club winners apart from the ace and declarer was two down for -200 and -6 Imps against the datum of N-S 50. Note that if Hoffman had continued with spades at trick 4, declarer has nine tricks.