Card play
Intermediate
Test Your Defense #1 Gotcha!
Scoring: MP | Dealer: East
♠
AQ1085
♥
8
♦
1075
♣
AKJ4
N
S
W
E
♠
42
♥
AJ109752
♦
KJ9
♣
2
Auction
W
N
E
S
3♥
Pass
4♥
X
Pass
4♠
Pass
Pass
Pass
Author's question
Opening lead: ♥3. You win the ace and then…..?
The majority of good defensive plays require a basic understanding of DECLARER play. Knowing why declarer is doing such and such, helps you decide why you should be doing such and such. Also, counting their points, distribution and, above all, their tricks cannot be overemphasized. And let’s not forget watching their leads! Good luck.
(This defensive problem comes from Eddie Kantar’s kantarbridge.com.)
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3❤️ opening by E and support by W, while having 8❤️cards by NS????
I was originally thrown by this. The page formatting makes it look as though you can see the N/S hands if you have a narrow screen, but you are actually looking a N/E and you are playing as E.
A hearts
Nice one !