Wild hand

Today’s woody is from a lucifer betwixt a squad from Poland and a squad from Brazil. At the different table, North passed implicit West’s three-club bid and determination was nary much bidding. Three clubs scored 9 tricks.

At this table, North aggressively supported spades astatine the 3 level and South, Polish adept Krzysztof Martens, carried connected to game. Martens ruffed the opening nine pb successful dummy and led a bosom toward his king. East roseate with his ace and shifted to a trump, won by Martens successful hand. He led the queen of clubs, covered with the king, and ruffed successful dummy. East did not over-ruff with his earthy trump trick, discarding a diamond instead. Martens led a debased diamond from dummy and ruffed East’s queen. He cashed his 2 apical spades, followed by the king of hearts, seeing the queen autumn from East. Martens led a bosom to dummy, which East ruffed with his past trump. East led the ace of diamonds, but Martens discarded alternatively of ruffing and East had to pb a diamond to dummy, giving declarer the remainder of the tricks and his contract. Beautifully done!

Note that some East and South made fantabulous plays erstwhile they refused to over-ruff. It was South’s time to travel retired connected top.