Hand of the week commencing
Sunday 16th December 2007
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South
Dealer |
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5
4 3
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Neither
Vulnerable |
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Q
J 2 |
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10
5 4 |
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K
Q 10 5 |
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N |
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K
9 7
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Q
J 10 8 |
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10
8 7 6 |
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W
E |
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9
3 |
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K
Q J 6 3 |
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A
9 8 2 |
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9 |
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7
6 3 |
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S |
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A
6 2 |
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A
K 5 4 |
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7 |
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A
J 8 4 2 |
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2
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E |
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1§ |
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1NT |
NO |
2© |
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3© |
NO |
4© |
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NO |
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You
get to this wonderful “Moysian” 43 heart fit . Plan your play after a
Diamond is led and continued.
This
is a text book type of hand where you must
not lose control of the trump suit and in order to do this you will make a “loser
on loser” play.
Counting
your winners you have 10 winners – 4 top trumps, 5 top clubs and Spade Ace.
Counting
you losers you have 1 Diamond and 2 Spades. So what could go wrong ?
If
the trumps break 33 you have no problem but if they break 42 (NB if they break
51 you have no chance!!) you could lose control of the hand if you ruff the
second Diamond.
Therefore
instead of ruffing the second and third
Diamond we will “exchange”
losers and throw
spade losers instead of ruffing. This is known as a “loser on Loser
Play”. Now if the defence plays a 4th round of Diamonds you can
ruff in dummy, the short hand, and will still have trump control. If they switch
you are in the driving suit and will be able to quickly claim once trumps are
drawn.