Rien ne va plus!
by Giles Woodruff
Play on the hand from the front page was rational, if not
necessarily optimal. You should by now have placed your bets as
to who won the second round of trumps, with which card, and on
which trick, and it's too late to change your mind.
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North won the first trick and tried to cash a second round,
which West ruffed. West cashed two top clubs and then took the
diamond finesse, followed by cashing the ace. When that held
she attempted a cross-ruff. First a diamond ruff. Then a club
ruff. Then a diamond ruff. Then a club ruff with the nine
...and an over-ruff with South's jack. Now at trick eleven
South drew declarer's and dummy's last trump with the ace
(North following with the four) and then played a heart, which
North ruffed high with the six (having discarded four hearts
during the cross-ruff). At last, at trick thirteen,
North led his two of spades to South's three.
I confess -- it wasn't quite like that at the table: the
four and three of spades were interchanged. But otherwise it
all happened and I have never seen anything like it before
(obviously I don't play enough).
K7
J9