What should I discard, Page 2

Should you save an Ace over a trump?
* Answer: never! *

Third seat is always a hard place to make a point. I have said this before, but every once in a while an opponent will help you make a point.

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Look at the following example:

I am sitting at the bottom in the South seat. The dealer sits in the East position and turns-up the ten of diamonds. My partner in North holding three diamonds. He orders the ten into the dealer's(E) hand.

I have the first lead with a complete junk hand. If I had a diamond, that would be the compulsory lead. However, having none, I only see one possible way to help my partner (N). Lead a club and hope he can trump it.

Nope, The west seat takes the trick with the queen of diamonds.

Next, West seat led the ace of hearts. Everyone followed suit except East who threw off the queen of spades.

The opposition had the first two tricks. West made the correct move by leading the 10 of hearts. They are trying a 'lead through the maker' play. If the play was successful, we were euchred.

However, here is where East made a bad choice that allowed us to make our point. They throw off the 10 of diamonds (trump) when they should have discarded their non-trump ace of clubs. This allowed my partner(N) to make both trump good.

Remember, a trump always outranks any off-suit ace.

All I can say is "Thank you for the point!"

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