Some bridge hands are so sad that they make you want to cry. At least, that’s how my friend Lou Hobhouse put it when she phoned to tell me about her disastrous duplicate game the previous evening. I should explain that Lou is a bridge teacher in Somerset; she’s hugely popular with her students and sometimes agrees to partner them at her local club. So there she was, playing at Langport Bridge Club with a newish student, and things were going well — indeed, they looked set to win. Then came the last board (illustrated).
Lou could have bid 3♠ over 3♥ but decided to set hearts as trumps by cue-bidding diamonds. West led the ♣K.
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