Bridge by Steve Becker

Bridge by Steve Becker

The ability to choose a line of play that will yield the maximum chance for the contract is one of the key prerequisites for good declarer play. Consider this deal where West leads a heart against five clubs. East takes the king and continues with the ace, ruffed by South. Declarer may still lose a spade and a diamond, and if he loses both, he goes down one. There is a strong temptation to rely on the spade finesse and, if it fails, to fall back…