The French Online Open, in which 32 teams competed over a marathon two weeks — seven days round robin and seven days playoffs — was won by the only English entry, Team Sushi, made up entirely of London players, and captained by Nick Sandqvist.
I was watching a set in one of the semifinals when this hand cropped up, featuring Nick in his favourite contract of 3NT.
How would you view the hand when West leads the ◆5 to East’s Jack? An intermediate player would probably just assume he has to guess Clubs and get on with it. More advanced players start to get into the psychology of the game and how things look to the other side. He would not want West on lead because West knows the Diamond suit is going nowhere and is very likely to find the killing Heart switch.
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