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“I heard you joined a gym,” I said to Cy the Cynic, who is still battling his weight. “Are you going?”
“The gym and I never got to be on familiar terms,” Cy growled. “I had to call it ‘James’ or ‘Mr. Nasium.'”
| Dlr: South | ♠ 10 9 6 | |||||||||||||
| Vul: N-S | ♥ A K 9 5 3 | |||||||||||||
| ♦ J 10 | ||||||||||||||
| ♣ A 4 2 | ||||||||||||||
| ♠ J 4 | ♠ Q 3 2 | |||||||||||||
| ♥ 8 6 | ♥ Q J 10 2 | |||||||||||||
| ♦ K Q 9 8 3 | ♦ 7 5 4 | |||||||||||||
| ♣ K 8 6 5 | ♣ J 10 9 | |||||||||||||
| ♠ A K 8 7 5 | ||||||||||||||
| ♥ 7 4 | ||||||||||||||
| ♦ A 6 2 | ||||||||||||||
| ♣ Q 7 3 | ||||||||||||||
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Opening lead — ♦K
Cy is too lazy to work out — or to plan as declarer. Against Cy’s 4♠, West led the ♦K, and the Cynic took the ace and returned a diamond. West led a third diamond, forcing dummy to ruff.
Cy next took the A-K of trumps, cashed the ♥A K and ruffed a heart. When West discarded, Cy led a club to the ace and a club to his queen. He lost two clubs, a trump and a diamond.
First Diamond
Cy’s play was lazy. He must duck the first diamond, win the second and cash the top trumps. Cy next takes the ♥A K, ruffs a heart, ruffs his last diamond in dummy and ruffs a heart. (If West could overruff, it wouldn’t help him.)
Cy can then lead a club to the ace and pitch a club on the good, fifth heart. He loses only one club and makes game.
Daily Question
You hold: ♠10 9 6 ♥A K 9 5 3 ♦J 10 ♣A 4 2.
You open 1♥, your partner responds 1♠, you raise to 2♠ and he next bids 3♦. What do you say?
