I never did catch up with her to give her my full analysis, but
I am sure that she would have nonetheless been proud of me.
Suppose that I ruffed the opening lead, played the
A followed by the
4, ruffed by righty. Now,
righty exits a low club to the
Q and
A. (Note that a heart return also
works, but the defence is tricky.) If I pull 2 rounds
of trumps first then I will have 3 more losers for down one. So
any plausible line of play must involve setting up the
spades before pulling trumps.
| |
| PARD (dummy)
K J 8 7 4
A K 3 2
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A J 9 6 |