Bridge
Warren Buffett, who is a very keen bridge player, said, “The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule.”
No doubt he was talking about Berkshire Hathaway’s investments, but he might have rephrased for a bridge player: The first rule is to think before playing at the first trick. The second rule is not to forget the first rule.
It should be written on everyone’s scorecard as an aide-memoire. Apply it to this deal. How should South plan the play in six clubs after West leads the diamond jack?
If I had held the North hand, I would have responded two no-trump, showing eight or more points and a balanced hand. That might have resulted in a contract of six no-trump, which could have been defeated by a spade lead.
In this auction, North’s raise to four no-trump was quantitative. If North had rebid four clubs, that would have been the ace-asking Gerber convention. South’s jump to six clubs showed a five-card suit, which North did well to pass.
There seem to be 12 winners: one spade, four hearts, two diamonds and five clubs. However, to get all of those heart tricks, South needs a dummy entry. This looks like the diamond ace, but if declarer ducks the first trick, East will win with the king and give his partner a ruff.
Declarer must win with dummy’s ace and unblock his queen. Then he can draw trumps, cash his two heart honors, and lead a diamond to force a dummy entry.
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