Hi all
Despite of my lousy play yesterday (minus 25 imp), I have a nice gem. Though it’s mostly declarer’s error, René and I gave declarer all the room he needed to go wrong. RHO opens a strong 1NT and everybody is silent.
You lead a heart (3rd – 5th) from:
Dummy puts down a collection of garbage, including a stiff Ten of 
.
We start with five rounds of (declarer throws a 
), taking René’s signals into account I exit with the Jack of 
. Declarer tries the King and Jack of , but I duck both. A small 
to dummy is for René’s Queen and again a for declarer. He could have cashed out for down two now, but he exited with a small for my Ace.
With a bang I smack down the Ace of . It’s a complete guess for declarer which King to hold on to. After some thought (or could it have been a prayer?) he discards the King of . With a merciless grin I put down the smallest in the pack for down three. Vulnerable. Yummie!