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Hand of the week, week commencing Sunday 11th February 2018
Plan your play in 6NT after ©5 lead.
Dealer South Love All
♠ A 10 7 6
♥ A Q J 6
♦ J 6 5 3
♣ K
♠ Q 4 ♠ J 9 5 3
♥ 10 8 7 5 3 ♥ 9 4
♦ Q 7 2 ♦ 10 8 4
♣ 7 5 3 ♣ Q 9 6 4
♠ K 8 2
♥ K 2
♦ A K 9
♣ A J 10 8 2
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1¨ |
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2NT |
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6NT |
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Initially you have a count of 10 tricks by way of 2 Spades, 4 Hearts 2 Diamonds and 2 Clubs so where do you go for the extra 2 tricks?
you could go after Diamonds but this suit will only produce one extra trick and you could go after Spades too but this suit too will only produce 1 extra trick.
So where does one go for the extra trick? You will have to go after the Clubs. Either the Clubs will break 4:3 or the §9 will fall in two rounds which will make your §8 a prominent card.
With all this in mind, win the first trick in dummy with a high Heart and now unblock the Club King. Now come to hand to play Ace and Jack of clubs. No Nine fell but the clubs broke 4:3 and you can now play your promoted 10 and then the thirteenth Club bringing your contract home via 4 clubs, 2 Diamonds, 4 Hearts and 2 Spades.
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You can also view watch the following movie to see how the hand pans out. (You need bridgvu.exe programme and it is available free from http://www.haroldschogger.com/videos.html or BridgeBase programme on your machine already to view it ) |
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alternatively watch the film www.haroldschogger.com/movies2.htm
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