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West follows low when South plays its first low club to the dummy, and East also follows low when dummy's club K is played.
Then, Declarer have to decide whether dummy's club Q should be played when West follows South's club low again.
Opposed to the solution, I think Declarer shouldn't play club because playing club Q only caters one situation where East has a doubleton club J, while not playing club Q caters two situations where East has a doubleton club A or a singleton low club.
Your reply is truly appreciated.
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BBO Bridge Master Level 4 B-8 The solution for clubs doesn't make sense
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Posted Yesterday, 22:59
LashOut, on 2026-June-15, 19:40, said:
Opposed to the solution, I think Declarer shouldn't play club because playing club Q only caters one situation where East has a doubleton club J, while not playing club Q caters two situations where East has a doubleton club A or a singleton low club.
Actually, if East has a low singleton club you can't make 6NT because West has 2 natural club tricks. You would have had to take a 1st round club finesse to pick up a low singleton club. The rest of the logic is explained in the solution.
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Posted Today, 05:39
johnu, on 2026-June-15, 22:59, said:
Actually, if East has a low singleton club you can't make 6NT because West has 2 natural club tricks. You would have had to take a 1st round club finesse to pick up a low singleton club. The rest of the logic is explained in the solution.
Yes, you're right. South only gets two low clubs so declarer can't finesse three times for West's club J.
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