Answer to

Hand of the week commencing Sunday 17th August 2008    

 

 

Dealer West

ª

 A K Q 3

 

 

 

Both Vulnerable

©

 2

 

 

 

 

¨

 A 9 6 5

 

 

 

 

§

 10 8 7 3

 

 

 

 

 

N

 

 

ª

 10 2

 

 

ª

 9 6 5 4

©

 8 6 3

 

W                          E

©

 A Q 10 4

¨

 K Q 10 7 4 3

 

 

¨

 8

§

 9 5

 

 

§

 K J 6 4

 

 

 

S

 

 

 

 

ª

 J 8 7

 

 

 

 

©

 K J 9 7 5

 

 

 

 

¨

 J 2

 

 

 

 

§

 A Q 2

 

 

                           

W

N

E

S

NO

1¨

NO

1©

NO

1ª

NO

3NT

NO

NO

NO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

West leads ¨K  plan your play.

 

On this hand from the 2004 Red Sea Festival, Sid Travers, from Manchester , was a little disappointed with the mismatching dummy. He had 4 Spade winners together with 2 Minor suit aces giving him an initial tally of only 6 tricks. In order to bring in 3 more he would have to assume the Club finesse was working and to either bring home either 2 extra  Heart tricks or one extra Diamond trick.

With this in mind, he played as follows. He took the first trick with dummy’s Ace and took a winning Club finesse. He then ducked a Club to Jack. East switched to a low Heart. Since he didn’t continue Diamonds, Sid placed west with  six for his original lead. He went up with his King which held. He now cashed all his black suit winners and at trick nine West was left with only red cards. If West let go off a Heart, Sid was going to play ¨5 from dummy and eventually make the ¨9 as his 9th trick. If, instead, he kept a Heart and released a small Diamond he was going to play the §8 from dummy and wait for a Heart trick from East. At the table West kept a Heart. Nicely played partner.   

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