European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                R c by gear los Goren and Omar Shari Penny Wise Pound foolish East West vulnerable. North deals. North kj4 a. 052 v qj10986 West East q 10 752 4y83 9q974 9kj6oj oq10983 732 a54south a969 a10 32 oak764 the bidding North East South West 3 pass 3nt Pas pass pa88Opening Lead five of it is a natural reaction to win Atrick As cheaply As possible. More often than not that s the right thing to do. Once in a while though circumstances dictate otherwise. Holding a Singleton club Honor we would have bid five clubs wit the South hand that contract need no More than the Spade finesse to succeed even if diamonds break q. Neither vulnerable As South you hold badly. Change a Low Diamond to alow club and we would clearly opt for three no  led a Low Spade won in the closed hand with the nine. Declare placed the King of clubs on the table and East routinely held up the Ace. Now Declarer was Kab entry Short to set up and run do nutty s Long suit note the difference had Declarer held another dub. The limit of the hand was now seven tricks. .-.-. " / Declarer went wrong at Tfaye very first trick. Logic alone should have indicated the necessity for two Dummy entries and that the spacesuit was the Only place to obtain them. Declarer should win the fors trick with the Ace then later the Jack and King would have Bee entries with the help of a Spade finesse. ". What if the Queen of Spades was with East once East played the eight to the first trick it could note the Rule of eleven discloses that there Are six cards higher than the five spot in the other three hands. East has produced one Dummy holds two and Declarer is looking at three thus accounting for All of them. Barring some eccentric opening Lead the Queen of Spades had to be with West. Q. 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