Here's the auction, and your hand. You are South. It's from a Bridge Base Matchpoints tournament.
After the opponents have opened and replied, you've come in with 2♣. Partner has supported with 3♣, and you've pushed it to 4♣. With a double fit, they've finished in 4♥.
What do you lead?
Of course it's tempting to lead out the top Clubs. But that's not the killer lead. Here's the full deal.
Of course I found the killer lead - the ♠K!. Declarer won this and tried two round of trumps with the ♥A and ♥K, then started on Diamonds. But Anna ruffed in with the ♥Q. We then took our two Spades and a Club for 4♥-1 and 88% on the deal.
What would you have scored by leading a top club and switching to a spade after partner showed an even number?
ReplyDeleteYes I suppose we could have got the same result by cashing one Club then switching to a Spade - but that wouldn't have been a killer lead story! (and maybe that's worse if the opponents Clubs split 3-0?)
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