Problem for 2/27/08
Problem 1 - Difficulty: ***
IMPs, Vulnerable vs Not
Dealer: S
| AJ852
Q98
J7
T87 | |
|  | |
| KT9
K7
KQ432
AJ6 | |
| South | West | North | East |
| 1NT | 2 | 2NT* | Pass |
3 ** | Pass | 3 *** | Pass |
| 3NT | All Pass | | |
*2NT - Lebensohl, Forces 3
**3
- Forced
***3
- Invitational with Five Spades
You choose to handhog with 3NT against expert opposition and get the
6 lead. Winning in hand with the
K,
you start on diamonds by leading low to dummy's
J. RHO wins with the
A and returns
the
3, while LHO wins the
A and clears the suit with the
2, RHO discarding the
2; you
choose to discard the
6. When you play a diamond back to your hand, both follow.
This contract is more or less cold, but there is still one snag. Do you see it? What can you do about it?