Sussel’s sleight of hand
Feigning strength when you have weakness, feigning weakness when you have strength – such ploys are very much part of the winning declarer’s armoury.
I love the coup pulled off by this week’s declarer, the late Parisian Patrick Sussel (pronounced sou-sell). Monsieur Sussel has pulled off many such coups, all with an unlit cigarette hanging out of the side of his mouth (it may even be the same cigarette). This one