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Answer to Hand of the week,
week commencing
Sunday 12th February 2012
What is correct lead against 3NT ? ♠ 9 6
♥ Q J
♦ A Q J 9 7 3
♣ A K 5
♠ A K 8 7 4
♠ 10 5 2
♥ 10 9 8
♥ A 4 3 2
♦ 2
♦ K 6 ♣ 10 9 8 2
♣ 7 6 4 3
♠ Q J 3
♥ K 7 6 5
♦ 10 8 5 4
♣ Q J
W
N
E
S
1♦
NO
1♥
NO
3♦
NO
3NT
NO
NO
NO
In order to have any chance of defeating this contract
your Spade suit has to come into play and if you can then establish winners from
the low Spades you must then be able to get back into the game. If partner has
only two Spades and the Spades are divided around the table 332 then you need to
keep yours and partner’s hand fluid. In order to achieve this you must lead the
ª7 (4th highest) and not
think of leading the Ace and having a look. Declarer will win the first trick and then take the
losing Diamond finesse. Because you haven’t cut yourself off from partner he
will play back a Spade and now the contract will certainly go two down (4
Spades, 1 Diamond and 1 Heart). If you, incorrectly, lead a top Spade on the layout of
this particular hand you will still be alright if you play a low Spade at trick
two because partner started off with 3 Spades after all.
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
