Blog: Bridge Hand #2

Hand #2

“That fellow seems to me to possess but one idea, and that is a wrong one.” — Samuel Johnson

North-South vulnerable, South is the dealer.

Hand 1

The bidding:

The bidding

The opening lead was the spade eight.

It seemed like green lights and blue skies when a confident South took his free finesse at trick one. Unfortunately, declarer had not boned up on card combinations. Looking at dummy, he counted two spades, three hearts, a diamond, and probably four clubs, producing an overtrick. What could go wrong?

Plan the play.

Bobby Wolff's Analysis


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