Goren Bridge: Larry’s gift

Today’s deal is from duplicate on Saturday night of the club. When Hard Luck Louis announced the deal, she rose to the inauguration of Kudal with Dummy’s queen, winning the trick as East and chased with Jack. Louis led a club in his IC and ran the Jack of Diamonds, winning the trick. He caches Dummy’s Ace and King of Diamonds, dropped the queen, and crossed his hand with the king of clubs to cash in two more diamonds. When he tried to make his ninth move in the hearts, the former grabbed his ace and returned his low hoe, West took the rest of the tricks. “I performed my best,” Louis said. “I knew that I had to catch a diamond queen to give the West a chance, but I still couldn’t make it.”

Lucky Larry played the same contract with the same initial lead. He played less with both hands led by the inauguration of Kudal, making the present of the West 10 spades. West cash Ace of Hood and led another hoe for the king of Larry. Larry also tricked the diamond to take five tricks in that suit. When she finally led a heart for the queen of Dummy and the East, there was no hoe to lead the former, so Larry had a hoe, one heart trick, five diamonds and two clubs Contracted. Well done!