Seeing through cards By Oren Lidor

Source: BBO articles: Seeing through cards By Oren Lidor    

Dealer West. None Vul.

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You are playing 4. West lead the AK. When all followed suit, he continued with a 3rd round of clubs which East ruffed with the 2. East returned a spade. You won the trick and tried the Q on which West played the 3.

  1. How are clubs divided?
  2. How are hearts divided?
  3. How are spades divided?
  4. How are diamonds divided?
  5. Where is the K?

How are clubs divided?
West has 4 and East has 2. East ruffed the 3rd club.

How are hearts divided?
West has 4 and East has 5. West opened 1 and then supported 2, which means he has exactly 4 hearts, therefore East has 5.

How are spades divided?
Spades must be 4-4! With 5 cards in spades West would open 1 or East would respond 1 (if he had 5-5 in the majors). Since none of them bid that suit, it breaks 4-4.

How are diamonds divided?
One with West and two with East. You can deduce this by counting the other suits.

Where is the K?
With East. Therefore play the A and watch the K falling (East ruffed a club and by that he stiffed his K).

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