Hi all
I have been describing too many disasters lately, time for a small success: another deal from the GNT qualifiers. I pulled a fat rabbit out of a hat on my RHO. I could hardly suppress my chuckle over it.
Sitting South I opened a 11-14 NT and got to play there. My LHO puts down an unbid extended Royal Straight Flush in . So after six tricks I’ve discarded to this position:
By now East has discarded a card in every other suit. I don’t know why West didn’t bid those , but I’m going to play East for the remaining face cards. West exits with a small
for dummy’s Ace and East drops the Queen.
I cross to my Ace and play
Ace [
2 in dummy].
King [
9 in dummy], and I overtake my
Jack with the Queen. Two cards remaining. I ask for the
4 and East hasn’t paid attention to who played the
3!
After a sweaty and embarrassing pause he lets go of the King (keeping the
King), I overtake the
4 with the
5 and score my 7th trick with my top
.
It’s all in the small!