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The 5-2 Fit
A tad less awkward than the 4-3 fit (because you have an extra trump in the longer length), trump control is nonetheless a big issue. Normally you should delay drawing trumps to establish a suit, particularly if both hands are void of a suit and dummy (the two-card trump length) can ‘take the force’. You do not want the five-card trump length to have to ruff twice (and therefore be reliant on an opposing 3-3 split).
You would not rush to declare a 5-2 fit, especially if there was an eight-card t available. However in the game zone, if the 5-2 t was a major and the eight-card t was a minor, you might well prefer the 5-2 t if (almost) all the honours were held. Take our deal.
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| Pass | 1 N | Pass | 3 ♣1 |
| Pass | 4 ♣2 | Pass | 4 ♠3 |
| Pass | Pass4 | Pass |
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| 4 ♠ by South |
| Lead: ♥ K |
North-South bid well to the best game contract of 4 ♠. Yes – 3 NT would be a lucky make this time, because hearts were 4-4, but you’d not wish to be there. 5 ♣ would require ♣ Q to drop doubleton [the chances of this are 40% x 68% = 27%, where 40% = the chances of ♣ Q being in the two-card holding and 68% = the chances of a 3-2 split] and would fail on the layout (losing two hearts plus ♣ Q).
West leads ♥ K, East encouraging with ♥ 9, then follows with ♥ QJ. is would not be the moment to discard: in effect you would be discarding a winner and still be left with ♣ Q to lose. You can afford to ruff in the long hand – once. You ruff.
What you cannot now afford to do is draw trumps. You should assume the six missing trumps are splitting 4-2 (as they are), in which case you’ll have no trumps left after drawing them all. When you then lead out ♣ AK and a third club to set up your long card, West will win ♣ Q and cash a heart. Down one.
You must give up the club whilst dummy still holds trumps – with which to ru a fourth heart. At tricks four, five and six you lead yAK and a third club. West wins ♣ Q but, unable profitably to lead the fourth heart – you’d ru low in dummy [and survive even if East had thrown his fourth heart on the third club and overruffed, as he held the four trumps], may switch to ♦ 4. You now win, draw trumps in four rounds and peacefully enjoy the long club. 10 tricks and game made.
