Notice, too, that declarer ruffs two diamonds in hand, effectively reversing the dummy. This allows him to run off all his trumps from dummy, ensuring that East must discard before the declarer has to ...

If there are overtricks in the offing, it is better if you play on. Unless you are under time pressure, when you might want to speed things up, you are within your rights to keep going ...

Today’s deal was played some years ago in Marbella, Spain. South was Sydney Mathews, an American who had lived in Marbella ...