You may have the urge to explore and discover some things on your own. There are instances when the Seven of Swords may indicate the willingness to go solo. While you might be thinking that you have gotten away, you discover that the situation has cornered you and you are found out as you are trying to escape. The big question, when looking at the Seven of Swords, is whether escaping will solve this problem that you are facing. Perhaps you were hoping that this issue would just resolve itself over time, and you've neglected it - leaving it to only grow and get worse. Instead of dealing with it, you choose to sneak away and hope that you will go unnoticed. You may be tempted to sneak away from somewhere, indicating a situation that is no longer working as expected. When we are found out, we have to face the consequences. There are instances when we are forced to be sneaky, hoping that we will not be discovered. Now there is a danger of the secret coming out. Sometimes this happens when there are instances when you had to think on your feet, and did something that was somewhat shrewd and out of character.

When we are found out, we have to face the consequences - whether it's embarrassment, punishment, or worse. When you get this card, it may imply that you or someone else in your life is having difficulty getting away with something. Credit David Berkowitz and Alan Sontag for the accurate defense (benefiting when declarer went wrong).The Seven of Swords in general, is said to be about betrayal and deception. Lastly, if the defense plays diamonds, declarer gets to ruff his third diamond in dummy, losing only 2 minor-suit tricks. If they play more clubs, declarer can ruff in hand, set up spades and again draw trump ending in dummy. Here was the Real Deal:Īfter declarer throws dummy's second diamond, what can the defense do? If they switch to trump, declarer sets up spades and draws trump ending in dummy. On this trick, declarer should have thrown a diamond from dummy! This beautiful loser-on-loser play gives the defense no answer. The mistake came after East took the K and played a high club. Where did he go wrong? Taking the first 2 clubs (throwing a diamond) followed by a spade finesse was a reasonable start. In the end, declarer had to lose a 3rd diamond trick for down 1. Another diamond begot another trump from the defense. He led towards his K, but that lost to the ace and LHO nastily switched to a trump. He had already lost a spade trick and still had K92. Declarer, now unable to set up and use spades (dummy had only 2 trumps remaining), changed tac. East played back a high club, ruffed in dummy. Next he took a spade finesse, the Q losing to the king.

He took the first two tricks with the AK, throwing a low diamond from dummy. Follow his thinking and see if you can figure out where he went wrong. If both majors behave, it is possible that six hearts will make. South doesn't have enough extras to make another move. South has nice controls, but if slam was in North's thinking, he should have bid only 3. North is showing a minimum with no slam interest.

What does that mean? In the 2/1 GF system, jumps to game in previously bid suits are the weakest actions. I don't like raising spades with only two, much preferring 2NT with a hand like South's. Opener rebid 2 (presumably showing 6 or more spades). South responded 2, natural and game forcing. With both sides vulnerable in a knockout match, his partner dealt and opened 1. This deal comes from the Sarasota-Manatee Regional in 2014.

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