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Hand of the week, week commencing, Sunday  10th April   2022

Plan your play in 6 after the  King  is led

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Dealer: South   Vuln: N/S

 
A Q 10 8 6
7 6 5
Q 10 7 3 2
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J 5
K Q 9 8 3
9
Q 10 6 5 4
  N  
W   E
 
  S  
K 9 7 4 2
J 10 2
8 5 4
9 8
 
3
A 4
A K J 6
A K J 7 3 2
 
W N E S
      1
1 1 2 3
Pass 6 End  

 

Without doing any work at all you initially have 5 Diamond trick, 2 Clubs and and an Ace in each Major.

You will need to find 4 more.

You could finesse Spades, You can try to ruff Spades 4 times in your hand but that risks being overuffed. If the opponents get in they are sure to play a trump and reduce your ability to ruff Spades four times.

With all this in mind at trciks two and three play top clubs and make your Heart loser go away followed by the Spade AAce.

The hand is now set for a possible cross ruff of Spades and clubs

Now trump a Spade noticing the fall of the Jack.

Enter dummy with a top trump ready to do a ruffing finesse in Spades against East who now plays the King on your Queen. Your Ten is no promoted.

Re-enter Dummy with a trump disappointed to see teh trumps breaking 3:1

No worry, you can now trump a Spade. Dummy is left with two trumps to East's 1 trump and East can now make his !d8 at trick 12 or 13.

You have made 2 Clubs, 3 Trumps, 1 Spade, 1 Established Spade, 3 Spade ruffs, 2 Club ruffs.

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