Through the Pack at Glenfield

The King of Spades

I am a useful card to hold in conjunction with my older brother, the Ace of Spades when held by the player on lead. Apart from forming an attractive lead in my own right, I can convey a special message for partner.

S AK2 H Q652 D T2 C AT96

My owner was sitting South in the match between Glenfield A and County C on 5^th March 2003 and had heard East open one heart, West bid two clubs, East rebid two hearts, West continue with three clubs and East sign off with three no trumps Not quite sure what to do, he decided to lead a spade and have a look at dummy and he decided to lead me because then his partner could encourage or discourage a spade continuation. If my owner had wanted to know whether his partner had an even or an odd number of spades he would have led the ace.

The next card is the Queen of Spades.

The previous card was the Ace of Spades.

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