Hand 26 from match 3 was another interesting board. At Simon Gillis’s table the contract is 4S by South. Simon leads a club to partner’s K and a club is sent back and won in dummy. 4 spades makes but only if you drop the singleton king of trumps offside. Unsurprisingly Simon Gillis won that card on trick 3 at his table and is now on lead. Simon chose to play another club on trick 4 which defeats the contract despite giving a ruff and discard!
If declarer is allowed enough entries to dummy he can finesse the spade again to pick up the jack and run the trumps. This will set up a heart / diamond squeeze to make the contract with a diamond entry to cash the winners. Although allowing a ruff and discard is often unwise, in this case it deprives declarer of that crucial entry. Declarer is now doomed to go one off. Well done Simon.
Lederer Trophy 