Never Give Up - A Hand from the Tolle by Peter Bowles
Published November 2014Contract 5
by South
 10 9 6 5 Q 10 9 2 K Q 8 6 5 |
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| Q J 4 3 2 7 4 3 A J 4 J 3 |
8 7 A K 8 6 2 10 9 6 5 10 4 |
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| A K J 5 K Q 8 7 3 A 9 7 2 |
With three top losers this doesn't look good - never give up.
The four of hearts was lead to the King and I was delighted to see Q-10-9 of hearts in dummy, so played the Jack from my hand. The spade switch won by the Ace, then a trump to dummy followed by the two of diamonds to the five, Queen and Ace. Hold your breath time and West returned a Spade (phew!) - now I was able to ruff the diamonds good discarding dummy's hearts.
The opposing pair were in the winning team and they finished top of the Group D cross imp table.