OKbridge IMPs | North | |||
Dlr: East | Q6 | |||
KJ8754 | ||||
West | 4 | East | ||
K975 | KT65 | 3 | ||
9 | AQT632 | |||
AQJ932 | South | 865 | ||
84 | AJT842 | 732 | ||
- | ||||
KT7 | ||||
AQJ9 |
In my old papers, I recently found this bridge hand played by John Lowenthal. After a 2 preempt by East, South ultimately reached
Declarer (a well-known expert) put in the jack...queen, ruff. He then led the club jack to the king and tried a diamond toward the king. Unfortunately for him, West won the ace and returned a club, which South won in hand. The position was now:
North | ||||
Q6 | ||||
K8754 | ||||
West | - | East | ||
K975 | T6 | 3 | ||
- | AT632 | |||
QJ932 | South | 86 | ||
- | AJT84 | 7 | ||
- | ||||
T7 | ||||
A9 |
Declarer now ruffed a diamond in dummy, led the spade queen to the ace, and finished an inglorious down one. Not good.
At the other table, John Lowenthal also reached
Stanhope | ||||
Q6 | ||||
KJ8754 | ||||
Garozzo | 4 | DuPont | ||
K975 | KT65 | 3 | ||
9 | AQT632 | |||
AQJ932 | Lowenthal | 865 | ||
84 | AJT842 | 732 | ||
- | ||||
KT7 | ||||
AQJ9 |
After ruffing the opening lead, Lowenthal simply led the
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