Ruffing the opening Diamond
lead did not generate a 10th trick. No, that is a ruff in the
long hand, that still leaves you with only five trump tricks. But suppose
that you ruff three Diamonds. Now you do get six trump tricks via
Dummy’s three high trumps plus three ruffs in your hand (the long hand). In
effect, Dummy becomes the master hand, the one which will be used to draw
the enemy trumps after your hand has got your three ruffs.
Therefore, the sequence of
plays is: ruff the Diamond lead, cross to the ♠Q, ruff another Diamond,
cross to the ♠J, ruff a third Diamond, cross to the ♣Q, draw the remaining
enemy trump. This line works whenever trumps are 3-2.
►
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|
♠ AQJ
♥
875
♦
7532
♣ QJ8 |
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♠ 87
♥
AJT9
♦
AK86
♣ T92 |
Dummy
West East
Declarer |
♠ 642
♥
K6
♦
QJT94
♣ 643 |
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|
♠ KT953
♥
Q432
♦
♣ AK75 |
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The thing to remember here is
that Declarer needs three ruffs for the Dummy Reversal to produce an
extra trick. It’s that third ruff which reduces Declarer’s trumps to a
shorter length than Dummy’s. Actually, it would even be possible for
Declarer to get a fourth ruff, but there are insufficient entries to take
advantage of this. So, 10 tricks it is.