Defence is a much harder part of the game than declarer play. It requires players to think clearly, to count and to try to place the unseen cards. There are few pairs who can claim to be good at defence – within the county I need no more than the fingers of one hand to count them all. Too sweeping a statement? Too insulting? Perhaps that’s true – so if you are affronted see if you would have got this hand right at the table.

It is teams scoring, everyone is vulnerable.

Bidding

  West     North     East     South  
  Pass   1diamond   Pass   1heart
  Pass   1spade   Pass   2NT
  Pass   3NT   End  

You are West and you choose to lead the club2. This is what you can see when North arranges his hand as the dummy.arrow

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