In France, a player who keeps handing out gifts to his opponents is called a “Santa Claus” (Père Noël). On defense, he will often let through a contract that should have gone down. Will you do better than our Santa Claus against this major-suit game?
The bidding (South dealer, neither side vulnerable)
The opening lead
Thanks to East’s very reasonable Double, West leads the 10 of Clubs, allowing our Santa Claus 🎅 to take the first three tricks…
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