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Weighing the Evidence
In these examples Declarer digs a little deeper, looking for clues in what was not done as well as considering the more obvious clues.
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Will 5♦ make? With two inescapable losers in the majors, everything hinges on how Declarer tackles the Diamonds. Is there any reason why she should lay down the A♦ first, catering for West having all three? Wouldn’t it also be reasonable to guess the other way and start with the K♦? Any clues in the bidding? Well, West has more HCP’s than East, but there’s still plenty of room for the Q♦ in the East hand. Perhaps a better inference is that, with a Diamond void, West would probably have a Michaels hand, and yet he made a simple overcall. Anyway, it’s 10 or 11 tricks, depending on Declarer’s ability to ferret out that Queen.
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