Well, I think that the first South missed some clues. At the critical point he knows that E was missing either the HJ or 10 (W’s lead promised a suit headed by an honor) and in spades, E had a most the J. So did E overcall at the 2 level with one king and at most 3 jacks? Maybe, but I think he is a strong candidate to hold the CQ.

On a side note, I believe that this is the first time I have ever seen a pair have mirror distribution of 2-2-6-3.

Hi Dear Mr Wolff
At the second table, if declarer places heart K & club Q & J with east, he could have simply drawn trumps, stripped spades and play A, K and another club. East is hopelessly endplayed and has to lead away from heart K or provide a ruff & sluff. Obviously he cannot unblock in clubs because declarer would score ten. Elegant lay of cards
And on the first table, perhaps declarer should have played for east to hold both club Q & J particularly after the overcall. But who knows. It has become fancy to overcall with a near yarborough hands now a days
Regards
AVRR

Hi David,

As 2nd Citizen so famously said, according to the Bard, after Mark Antony’s famous speech eulogizing Julius Caesar, “Methinks there is much reason in what he said”.

Although I do not think the lead of a low heart, holding either 3 or 4 but having not supported his partner, demands, or even suggests an honor, that technicality does not keep what you claim to be inferentially valid. East had little enough to chime in, being vulnerable between two strong hands, without that QJ combination in clubs.

However, the detective work necessary to survive in the topsy-turvy high-level bridge world might just be exciting and random enough to interest many others to merely sit down and test their mettle. I know that it did for me, so why not others?

David, from now on your first name may be thought of as Sherlock or do you prefer Philo?

Hi AV,

Yes, since in truth you echo what David has voiced, only changing the main thrust, it only comes down to which endplay is more likely to work. East, not West holding the king of hearts is a moral certainty but. since both opponents will sense what is being planned for them, they will make every effort to enable West not East to win the third round of clubs. However with East holding both of them, they will be stuck with more or less the same ending.

Thanks for your accurate analysis.

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