The cunning plan worked out….

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Teams – Women’s trials (November 2017)

Dealer East. None Vul.

As South you open the following hand with 2NT:

..and everybody passes:

You have just enough time to think about the fact that a non-raised 2NT goes often down the drain, when West leads the club three:

Contract: 2 No-Trump. Lead: ♣3.

Count your winners
You have only four winners with ace-king in hearts and ace-king in clubs. With zero point in partner’s hand you’ll have to play very carefully. The first thing is to make the most out of the lead: which card do you play from dummy?