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Answer to Hand of the week,

week commencing

Sunday 14th August   2011

The §J is led plan your play playing Match Points where every trick is vital

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

A K 10 9

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

A J 6 4

 

 

 

 

 

K 9 6 4

 

 

 

Q J 7 5

 

 

8 6 2

 

8 4

 

 

K 10 9 6 3

 

Q 10 3 2

 

 

8 7

 

J 10 8

 

 

7 3 2

 

 

 

4 3

 

 

 

 

 

A Q J 5 2

 

 

 

 

 

K 9 5

 

 

 

 

 

A Q 5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

W

N

E

S

 

1¨

NO

1©

NO

1ª

NO

2§

NO

3§

NO

4NT

NO

5©

NO

6NT

NO

NO

NO

 

This hand involves a lot of finessing and quite a bit of luck but at the 11th hour you will be able to squeeze West. You will need to take finesses in three suits.

After winning the first trick in dummy take your first finesse in Hearts. When it wins, you are now in hand ready to take a deep finesse in Spades and because the bridge gods are with you, the 9 wins the trick after West plays low . You now re-enter hand safely with a Club to take the Spade finesse again but this time an “on the ball” West splits his honours and the suit will now only produce three tricks.

You now come back to hand with a Club pleasantly surprised to see the suit breaking 3:3 which suggests that West was uncomfortable with his original lead and probably holds all the important cards that you are looking for.

You now finesse the Diamond Jack and when this holds you cash your winning Spade just in case the other top spade honour was coming down in three rounds. You cash the thirteenth Club, You now come back to hand with the Diamond King. When you cash the Heart Ace now, West is squeezed in Diamonds and Spades and when he discards the Spade Queen your 10 in dummy is high for a well earned 13 tricks and all the Match Points.

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

 

   
 

 

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