The diagramed deal is from Rodwell’s book "The Rodwell files".
How should South play in six hearts after West leads the spade ace?
- | |
AQJ2 | |
A32 | |
AKQJT4 | |
762 | |
K974 | |
76 | |
7653 |
Ovest |
Nord |
Est |
Sud |
1 | X | P | 2 |
4 | 6 |
I do not know if Eric really played the deal, but I'm sure that so he would have resolved it.
Rodwell calls the required technique the exposing overtake.
If declarer ruffs the first trick with dummy’s heart deuce, he can no longer make his contract, because he cannot get to his hand to draw East’s fourth trump.
The secret is to ruff the first trick with a high trump. Then, after cashing the other two winning trumps in the dummy, South leads the heart deuce and covers East’s card as cheaply as possible, cashes his last heart (discarding a diamond from dummy) and runs the clubs. He takes four hearts, one diamond, six clubs and the Trick 1 spade ruff.
In an exposing overtake, you play an unnecessarily high card, usually in the trump suit, that, when a bad break is exposed, permits you to pick up the suit with the aid of a finesse that initially does not appear necessary:
Board 12 |
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Dealer O |
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AQJ2 | |||||
A32 | |||||
AKQJT4 | |||||
AKQJ985 | T43 | ||||
6 | T853 | ||||
KQJ4 | T985 | ||||
9 | 82 | ||||
NS in 2ª |
762 |
Attacco = A♠ |
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K974 | |||||
76 | |||||
7653 |
The bid of the West must warn the declarant about the fact that Eat is likely to have the ten of hearts fourth.
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