Sheffield Bridge Club	Established 1936

THE  PIG  TRADER  WAS  SITTING  QUIETLY…..

(From Sheffield Bridge Club Newsletter No 68, June 1992. The board was played on a Tuesday evening when Aggregate Scored pairs is played.)

It was at the end of the evening when I heard someone mutter “Curious hand!” I thought it was an owl, but I turned round and saw that it was the Pig Trader, sitting quietly in a corner, with Board 15 laid out:

What was curious about the board was that although the Pig Trader, like all the other Norths who were on lead against 3NT, led a small heart and therefore the defence took the first 5 tricks, there were several Wests at other tables who were in 6NT, all but one of whom made their contract when North must have eschewed a heart lead. And at the table where 6NT failed, declarer still made 11 tricks! 4ª, 5ª and 6ª also made!

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