3rd Hand Defense 11

3rd Hand Defense 11

Question:

You've led the underlined card against 4spades icon (we're leading a side suit not mentioned in the auction). Partner and declarer play the cards shown. What do you know about the suit?

 DUMMY
A1042


 

YOU

K873

 Partner
J

 

Declarer

5

 

 


Answer:

Partner has the queen and declarer has the 9 of the suit. If declarer had the queen, he would have won this trick. If partner had the 9, he would have played the 9 rather than the J.