Bridge
Before reading on, cover the East and West hands on the deal below.
NORTH-SOUTH GAME; DEALER SOUTH
Sometimes when the opponents interfere in your auction, you end up in a rather optimistic spot, like the deal above from the recent World Championships where three notrumps was reached at both tables. The lead was the five of hearts to East’s ten, a suit overcalled by East. How do you plan the play?
The contract is truly horrible, but you need to focus on the small chances that you have. Clearly you must duck this trick to cut the defences communications, and hope to keep East off play. Win the heart continuation
