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Hand of the week, week commencing, Sunday 15th March 2015
As East, plan your defence in 3NT
after the ª5 lead by partner.
Dealer West. None Vul.
♠ K 6 2
♥ A 10 7 4
♦ 7 4
♣ A 10 8 4
♠ 5 3 ♠ A J 10 9 7
♥ Q 9 8 5 ♥ 6 2
♦ A Q J 9 8 6 2 ♦ 10 5
♣ — ♣ J 6 3 2
♠ Q 8 4
♥ K J 3
♦ K 3
♣ K Q 9 7 5
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Dbl |
1ª |
2§ |
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3§ |
NO |
3NT |
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On this hand from the Grand Master I did not excel myself and unhappily lost 10 Imps as I let 3NT through instead of taking it 4 off.
When declarer played low on the first trick, I, unwisely, decided I wanted to keep my position open and keep my AJ10 over dummy's King and I played the 9.
However this was totally wrong and I should have stood by the old Maxim Lead partner's suit. I could not actually lead partner's suit but if I had won the first trick I certainly could have done so then. Partner must have at least six Diamonds for this rebid and if I could put the 10 through at trick two then declarer doesn't see daylight.
I should have taken the first trick and switched to the Diamond Ten. We now take the first 8 tricks and declarer is four down instead of making UGH to be wise after the event.
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