On defense it's important to signal some information to your partner
but you have to realize declarer is also at the table.
Scoring: Matchpoints (Pairs)
Hand #51
Dlr
E
Vul
N/S
1043
AQ1062
A64
Q2
Q9765
98754
83
9
J82
3
K1075
KJ1084
AK
KJ
QJ92
A7653
West
North
East
South
Pass
1
Pass
1
Pass
2NT
Pass
3*
Pass
3NT
Pass
Pass
Pass
*checkback for heart support BIDDING: South was too good to
open 1NT and his rebid showed 18-19 high card points. North bid
diamonds to see if South held three hearts and the notrump game was
reached.
PLAY:
West led his fourth best spade won by South. Declarer
immediately saw
the contract was in no danger so he went looking for overtricks.
At
trick two he unblocked the K-J of hearts and then led the queen of
diamonds for a finesse. East won the king and returned a spade
and
declarer noted West followed with the five. It appeared that West
had
started with five spades and five hearts. On the run of the
hearts
declarer discarded three small clubs. For some reason East felt
he
needed to tell his partner he was in possession of the king of clubs as
he discarded the eight followed by the four. Declarer next cashed
the
ace of diamonds and the odds seemed to favor leading a low diamond to
the nine but declarer saw there was no reason to do so. Instead
he
played to the queen and then threw East in with the last
diamond. At
trick twelve East had to lead away from his king of clubs and that was
declarer's eleventh trick.
Some things are best kept to yourself as West carefully reminded his
partner.