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Hand of the week, week commencing, Sunday 10th March 2019
West leads §Jack plan your play in 4©
Dealer South Both Vul.
♠ A 10 5
♥ A 8
♦ J 8 7
♣ K 8 7 4 2
♠ J 8 7 3 ♠ K Q 6
♥ Q ♥ 10 7 4 3
♦ K 10 9 6 5 ♦ A 4 3 2
♣ J 10 6 ♣ 9 3
♠ 9 4 2
♥ K J 9 6 5 2
♦ Q
♣ A Q 5
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NO |
2♣ |
NO |
2♥ |
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NO |
3♥ |
NO |
4♥ |
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NO |
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With such a good hand ie lovely trumps and wonderful second suit what could go wrong? Actually, nothing, but you have to be careful and watch what goes at tricks Two.
After winning the first trick in hand you play a low Heart towards the Ace and up pops the Queen. Nobody in their right mind would play a Queen in that position unless ........... it was a singleton.
Therefore, East must have started life with 4 Hearts and you must now finesse your Heart Nine. You do this and it wins.
You draw the remaining trumps and then embark on Clubs. West in fact started with three clubs and now all the clubs come into play
With due care and attention, you make 1 Spade, 6 trumps and 5 clubs for a very good match point score.
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