A John Lowenthal Hand

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IMP-44	North	Dlr: East
Board 616	Q6
	KJ8754
West	4	East
K975	KT65	3
9		AQT632
AQJ932	South	865
84	AJT842	732
	-
	KT7
	AQJ9

Here's another OKbridge hand I found recently while cleaning out old papers.

After a 2 preempt by East, South ultimately reached 4. West led his stiff heart.

Declarer (you would know his name) put in the jack...queen, ruff. He then led the club jack to the king and tried a diamond toward the king. Unfortunately for him, West won the ace and returned a club, which South won in hand. The position was now:

IMP-44	North	Dlr: East
Board 616	Q6
	K8754
West	-	East
K975	T6	3
-		AT632
QJ932	South	86
-	AJT84	7
	-
	T7
	A9

Declarer now ruffed a diamond in dummy, led the spade queen to the ace, and finished an inglorious down one. Not good. =)

At the other table, Lowenthal also reached 4 after a 2 preempt and received the identical lead of the 9.

IMP-44	Stanhope	Dlr: West
Board 616	Q6
	KJ8754
Garozzo	4	DuPont
K975	KT65	3
9		AQT632
AQJ932	Lowenthal	865
84	AJT842	732
	-
	KT7
	AQJ9

At trick two however, Lowenthal simply led the K. Garozzo won and returned the Q but nothing could prevent Lowenthal from taking his 10 tricks. Cute.