Suit preference inference
On this week’s deal, North-South were pushed to the Five-level. Could declarer avoid more than one Diamond loser?
Dealer South East-West vulnerable
* Michaels, showing five Hearts and an unspecified five (+) card minor.
West cashed the Ace of Clubs, and East signalled with the eight. When dummy has a singleton, it is best to play suit-preference signals rather than attitude; here East plays high effectively to say, “I don’t have the Ace
