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Answer to Hand of the week,
week commencing
Sunday 10th July 2011
Plan your play in 3¨ after the ªQ is led.
Dealer East ♠ K 6 2 Both Vul
♥ 10 9 6 4
♦ J 10 6 4
♣ 9 2 ♠ Q J 9 8 7 4
♠ A 3
♥ 8 7 5 2
♥ A K Q
♦ Q
♦ 9 8 5 ♣ 8 6 ♣ Q J 10 5 3
♠ 10 5
♥ J 3
♦ A K 7 3 2
♣ A K 7 4
W
N
E
S
1§
1¨
1ª
2¨
NO
NO
2ª
NO
NO
3¨
NO
NO
NO
At trick one, although West bid Spades
you must not play the King. Nobody in his right mind would lead the Queen from
AQJ so East is marked with the missing Spade Ace. The opponents then switch to Hearts
cashing two winners before switching to the Club Queen. Initially, you will need to set up two
club ruffs in dummy and will not be able to draw all the trumps yet. If as
expected East has a doubleton Spade Ace then you will only need one club ruff. With this in mind, at trick four you take
the Ace and cash one high trump pleased to see the Queen fall. You now play a
second and third Club ruffing in dummy. To keep all your options open you now
lead a small spade off the table pleased to see the Ace fall. East wisely plays
another Trump. Now that the Ace has fallen you will only
need to take one club ruff so you draw the last trump and dispose of your other
club loser on the promoted Spade King in dummy. You have made 5 trumps, 2 Clubs, 1 Club
ruffed and 1 Spade 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 alternatively watch the film
www.haroldschogger.com/movies2.htm