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Answer to Hand of the week, week commencing Sunday 11th March 2012
Assuming the Diamond Ace is offside what is best way to try and make 11 tricks after the ♣ 10 is led?
♠ K Q 10
♥ 6
♦ K Q 6 2
♣ A J 7 3 2
♠ J 5 ♠ 7 6
♥ Q 9 8 5 2
♥ K J 10 4
♦ 10 4 3
♦ A J 7 5
♣ 10 9 6
♣ K Q 8
♠ A 9 8 4 3 2
♥ A 7 3
♦ 9 8 ♣ 5 4
W
N
E
S
1♣
NO
1♠
NO
2♦
NO
3♠
NO
4♠
NO
NO
NO
If the Diamond Ace is with East you will not be able to
lead up to Dummy twice to get two Diamond tricks. Therefore you will have to
fall back on ruffing Hearts in dummy (the short hand). After winning the first trick immediately trump a Heart
and then play the Diamond King which is taken by East who diligently switches to
a trump. Because you cashed a top Diamond forcing out the Ace you can now play a
second winning Diamond and ruff a Diamond to get back to hand. In order to ruff
another Heart. Now it’s a matter of getting back to hand to draw the last
trump. You do this by giving up a Club. However East is on the ball and wins the
club and play the thirteenth Diamond to gain a trump promotion for West who has
the Spade Jack left. Good effort declarer
J 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
