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Answer to Hand of the week, week commencing
14th November
The opponents lead the ¨Ace plan your play in 5§
(NB The Clubs break 1:1)
♠ Q 9 7 4
♥ K Q 6 5
♦ 9 6 3 ♣ 5 3 ♠ 8 3 ♠ K 10 5 2
♥ 10 8 7 2
♥ A J 9 3
♦ A K 10 8 7 4
♦ Q J 5 2 ♣ 10 ♣ A ♠ A J 6
♥ 4
♦ ♣ K Q J 9 8 7 6 4 2
W
N
E
S
5♣
NO
NO
DBL
NO
NO
NO
In order to make this contract you are going to have to get
to Dummy and after a cursory glance there doesn’t appear to be an entry to dummy
to enjoy the second Heart and also to take the Spade finesse. However if you
look more carefully dummy’s §5 is
higher than both your 4 and 2 in hand. So make sure you ruff the first trick
with either the 7 or something higher retaining low cards to latterly get over
to dummy’s five. You trump the first trick with the
§7 and immediately play the
§K relieved to see the suit divide 1:1
. After they play a second Diamond ruff and play a Heart dislodging East’s Ace.
Win whatever is played back enter dummy with that carefully preserved
§5 and discard 1 Spade on the
established Heart and then take a Spade finesse to claim your doubled contract
obtained from 2 Spades, 1 Hearts and 8 clubs. 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