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Answer to Hand of the week,
Sunday 12th June 2011
The opponents lead ªAce
followed by ©J switch plan your play
Dealer South ♠
Q
Both
Vul
♥
K 10
9 8 5 4 3
♦
K 8
7 3 ♣
7
♠
A K
9 7 ♠
J 8
6 5 3 2
♥
J 6
♥
Q 7
2
♦
10
♦
J 4
2 ♣
K J
10 9 4 2 ♣
5
♠
10 4
♥
A
♦
A Q
9 6 5 ♣
A Q
8 6 3
W
N
E
S
1¨
2§
2©
NO
3¨
NO
5¨
NO
NO
NO
The switch looks like
a singleton so you can draw three rounds of trumps ending in dummy ready to play
Hearts from the top. If West follows it’s a matter of ruffing out one round and
all the Hearts are high. If West shows out on the second round you can merely do
a ruffing finesse against East. As the cards lay, the
Hearts break and the hand is very easy once all the Hearts come into play and
you make 2 Hearts, 4 established Hearts, I heart ruffed, 4 natural trumps and 1
Club, losing just the first trick 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