♠ ♠ No information. KQJ976 T32 Bidding: ♥ 842 ♥ T ♦2 ♦ Dummy Expectation: Flat, 6 to 9 HCP ♣ AKJ AQT753 Lead: ♥K by North. ♣ East is not flat; she has an 754 With Dummy in View: unexpected, dangerous looking Diamond side-suit. Dummy Defender Style: A Passive sequence lead, but ♠ 85 apparently a need to change to Active ASAP before ♥ AJ93 Declarer dumps her losers on Diamonds. ♦ KJ94 ♣ T98 Play: South, 3rd hand, sees the Diamond suit but knows it won’t run. So Heart ruffs become the problem, not pitches on Diamonds. South should overtake North’s ♥K lead and lead a trump, basically telling North “Don’t worry about the Diamonds: get the Heart ruffs off the table!” As it happens, North has the ♠A4, so he can lead them twice, reducing Declarer’s Heart ruffs to just 1, thereby losing 2 Hearts, a Spade and a Club, with no Diamond pitches. Down 1. Defensive Technique: Don’t switch from Passive to Active Style when you know a dangerous looking side-suit won’t run for Declarer discards.
Bidding: No information. Dummy Expectation: Flat, 6 to 9 HCP Lead: ♥K by North. With Dummy in View: East is not flat; she has an unexpected, dangerous looking Diamond side-suit. Defender Style: A Passive sequence lead, but apparently a need to change to Active ASAP before Declarer dumps her losers on Diamonds. Play: South, 3rd hand, sees the Diamond suit but knows it won’t run. So Heart ruffs become the problem, not pitches on Diamonds. South should overtake North’s ♥K lead and lead a trump, basically telling North “Don’t worry about the Diamonds: get the Heart ruffs off the table!” As it happens, North has the ♠A4, so he can lead them twice, reducing Declarer’s Heart ruffs to just 1, thereby losing 2 Hearts, a Spade and a Club, with no Diamond pitches. Down 1. Defensive Technique: Don’t switch from Passive to Active Style when you know a dangerous looking side-suit won’t run for Declarer discards. ♠ KQJ976 ♥ 842 ♦2 ♣ AKJ ♠ T32 ♥ T ♦ AQT753 ♣ 754 Dummy ♠ 85 ♥ AJ93 ♦ KJ94 ♣ T98
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