cr|264|cb|2255|cg|2255|cr|1255|cb|164|cg|1255|cr|364|cb|364|cg|3255|cr|4255|cb|464|cg|464|cr|5255|cb|5255|cg|5255|bg|5|bt||mn|Declarer holds up to cut communications|cs|3|at|

 




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            (5th blackened icon along bottom line)|pg||st||nt|firstly let us look at out problem suit, which, of course, the unfriendly opponents lead|md|CA63,CKQJ95,C82d2,Ct74|mb|1N,p3n,p,p,p|sk|s|pc|ck|pg||nt||cs|4|at|

       {we know that since the King promises top of sequence  West is likely to have @cKQJxx}|pg||nt|in this suit we only have one controlling card - the ace and as soon as we use it up, West, our Left Hand opponent could run amok with that suit|pg||nt|Therefore we are going to have to try and cut communications between the 2 defenders and not be in a hurry to release our Ace|pg||nt||cs|4|at|

                 {We will hold up the first trick and not take the Ace and let West win}|pc|c2|pc|c4|pc|c3|pg||nt|when west now perseveres with another club again we will again hold up and not take our Ace|pc|cq|pc|c8|pc|c7|pc|c6|pg||nt|on the third round of clubs we now have no choice and we take our Ace|pc|cj|pc|d2|pc|ct|pc|ca|pg||nt|Now let us see how the remaining clubs are laid out|sk||pg||nt|west has two Clubs left and they are both winners|pg||nt||cs|4|at|
     {let us hope that west will not get the lead}|pg||nt|now let us see the effect of this hold up in the context of the rest of the hand|pg||md|S432HAK5DK763CA65,Sq76h863dt95CKQJ93,SAk8HQ42DQJ85C82d2,SJt95HJt97DA4Ct74|mb|1N,p3n,p,p,p|nt|west leads from his strong club suit and we take stock|cs|4|at|

{We have 6 winners :- 2 Spades, 3 Hearts and 1 club}|sk|s|pc|ck|pg||nt|we have 2 controlling cards in Spades, 3 in Hearts, loads in Diamonds and ONLY 1 IN CLUBS|pg||nt|in order to make this contract we will have to build tricks in Diamonds, the only suit we don't have the Ace|cs|4|at|

       {as soon as they get in with their Diamond Ace they will surely play MORE CLUBS UGH}|st||pg||pc|ck|pg||nt|we have 2 controlling cards in Spades, 3 in Hearts, loads in Diamonds and ONLY 1 IN CLUBS|pg||nt||cs|4|at|

       {unless we cut communications between west and east and hope that the diamond Ace is not in same hand as the Good clubs}|pg||nt|with all this in mind we will hold up the first two rounds of clubs as per the start of this movie|pc|c4|pc|c5|cs|4|at|     

     
     {when east follows with the 4 we follow with the 5}|pg||nt|west continues with the @cq and again we follow low from both hands allowing West to win the trick|pc|cq,c8,c7,c6|pg||nt|The third round we have no choice but to take our Ace |pc|cJ,h2,ct,ca|pg||nt|we are now going to force out the opponent's Diamond Ace|pc|Dk,|pc|d10,d2,da|pg||nt|West wins and I will now reveal all the remaining cards in  all  four hands|pg||nt|west has no more clubs and plays his @sJ  and that's now the end of the defence|sk||pc|sj|pg||nt|we can now claim the remaining tricks and west cannot enjoy his winning Clubs because he can't get the lead|pg||nt|we will now amass 2 Spades, 3 Hearts, 4 established Diamonds and 1 Club   losing Just the first two clubs and the Diamond Ace|pg||nt|Of course there was no guarantee that East had the @DA.

If west had it he would be able to get the lead and we could be Zia Mahmood and still go off !!|pg||bt||nt|

If you have one DODGY SUIT in a NO TRUMP Contract

and opponents lead that suit|cs|4|at|


                      {Be prepared to hold up for as long as possible and just maybe
                       the opponents will not be able to enjoy all the cards in that long suit}|