When is the Premier League not the Premier League? Well, when you have played so badly that you get booted out of the first division into the second and have to come in the top two to qualify for promotion back. Fortunately the first weekend (of three) went well for us but it’s no walk in the park.
I was very impressed with the way Sandra Penfold played this hand:
West led his singleton Spade. How should South plan the play?
If she has a trump loser, she may just have to play a Club to the King at some point. Yes, she can throw a Club from dummy on her fourth Spade, but then she will have to play Clubs from hand and the defence can draw the last trump – no good.
Let’s look over Sandra’s shoulder; after winning the Spade in hand, she decided on the luxury of a safety play in trumps, starting with the King from hand, and then one to the Ace, which brought the worrying news.
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