Card Play
Sheinwold is credited with the following at-the-table play, reprinted by José Le Dentu:
♠ | K J 5 | ||||
♥ | Q J | ||||
♦ | A K 6 5 3 2 | ||||
♣ | 9 4 | ||||
♠ | 9 8 4 2 |
N |
♠ | Q 10 3 | |
♥ | 8 5 | ♥ | 10 9 4 2 | ||
♦ | J 8 | ♦ | Q 10 9 7 | ||
♣ | Q 10 8 6 2 | ♣ | J 7 | ||
♠ | A 7 6 | ||||
♥ | A K 7 6 3 | ||||
♦ | 4 | ||||
♣ | A K 5 3 |
South, Sheinwold, played 6♥. West led the ♥5 and East followed suit with the ♥2 as Sheinwold let dummy's ♥J win. To cater for a 4-2 break in both red suits, Sheinwold led dummy's ♦2 (!) to the second trick.
Now, Sheinwold could subsequently take dummy's ♥Q, ruff a low diamond, pull trumps and get to dummy with the ♠K to run the diamonds. The likely 4-2 diamond split means that playing even one top diamond before ruffing a low one upsets the communication between the two hands: this forces declarer to rely on a spade finesse or a low-percentage throw-in.
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