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Series - The Mistakes I make at Bridge

My intervention reached the very nice result of 3♣. Opponents can in fact make game with a good probability. But I failed the declarer play and went down -3 instead of -2, losing this board. You can argue that we should leave then in 2♠, but that is not the topic of this posting.

What did I do? West led to ♠K, and East continued with a small heart. What can go wrong when you try the finesse? Well, the finesse fails, and West cashes the diamonds and gets two ruffs with the ♠10 and the ♠8.

It is superior to take the A. Later you can still make the finesse to the K. There is no need to make that trick immediately, Plus, you get the additional chance that opponents let you discard hearts on the diamonds. Moreover, but unlikely, the K could be singleton at West.

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