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Answer to Hand of the week,
Sunday 10th April 2011
The opponents lead two top Hearts
plan your play in 4♠
Dealer South ♠ K 6 5
Both Vul
♥ 10 9 4
♦ K 7 2
♣ A J 8 2
♠ A 4 3
♠ 10 7
♥ A K 6 2
♥ J 8 7 5 3
♦ A 10 9 3
♦ J 8 6 4
♣ 10 5
♣ 7 3 ♠ Q J 9 8 2
♥ Q
♦ Q 5 ♣ K Q 9 6 4
W
N
E
S
1ª
1NT
DBL
2©
2ª
NO
4ª
NO
NO
NO
This hand comes from the EBU Brighton Congress Teams
2010. The opposition lead two top Hearts and immediately force you. You are now
down to just four trumps. If you draw all the trumps now and leave no trump on
the table then you will be a trick short at the end having run out of trumps in
the long hand and will only be able to make 4 trumps and five clubs. Therefore
before touching trumps dislodge their Diamond Ace and then you will have no
further problems and will be able to take a further force in the short hand. With careful play you will make 4 trumps 1Diamond and 5
Clubs. You can also view
watch the following movie to see how the hand pans out. (You need bridgvu.exe
programme or BridgeBase programme on your machine already to view it ) and
it is available free from
http://www.haroldschogger.com/videos.htm