Hand of the week commencing
Sunday 16th September 2007
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J 5 3
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NS
Vulnerable |
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Q
10 4 2 |
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J
8 |
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K
7 2 |
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N |
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K
Q 10 9 4
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8
7 6 2 |
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8
7 6 3 |
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W
E |
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A
9 |
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Q
6 5 4 3 2 |
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9
3 |
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8
5 4 |
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K J 9 5 |
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K
10 7 |
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Q J 10 6 |
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W |
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NO
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1© |
1ª
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2ª
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6©
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NO *
unassuming cue bid showing good raise in Hearts |
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The ªK
is led plan you play :-
Over
and over again I tell my students that you only get extra tricks if you ruff in
the short hand. However, sometimes if you ruff enough times in the long hand
then the short hand becomes the hand with more trumps and the dominant hand.
This is known as a “trump reversal” and is the best way to success on this
hand. Instead of trying to count 1 Spade, 5 Hearts, 5 Clubs and having to guess
the Diamond position we will count as follows :- ONLY 4 Hearts
from the shorter dummy hand, 5 Clubs, 1 Spade and 2 Spades ruffed in
declarer’s closed hand (the original long hand).
We win
the first trick in dummy and immediately ruff a Spade, then enter dummy noticing
the bad trump break with a trump. We ruff a second
spade. It now a matter of
cashing 2 trumps in hand before going over to dummy via a Club to draw West’s
last trump. Now just claim the remaining Clubs conceding a Diamond at trick 13.