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Updated 16th August 2026 |
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Hand of the week, week commencing, Sunday 17th December
The opponents lead two top clubs and the Queen in dummy holds trick 3
Plan your play in 4©
Dealer East Both Vul
♠ 10 7
♥ A K 9
♦ Q J 8 5 4
♣ Q 10 4
♠ 9 6 4 ♠ J 8 5 3
♥ Q 3 ♥ 8 7 6
♦ 9 7 6 3 2 ♦ A 10
♣ A K 3 ♣ J 9 8 7
♠ A K Q 2
♥ J 10 5 4 2
♦ K
♣ 6 5 2
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1♥ |
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2♦ |
NO |
2♥ |
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4♥ |
NO |
NO |
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After the Queen holds the trick you will need to ride your luck here and get the Heart position right and establish tricks in DIAMONDS.
You will also need to keep an entry to dummy’s diamonds.
With all this in mind after winning the Club you now play dummy’s Diamond King leaving the trumps alone.
East wins and exits with another Diamond and you chuck the losing Spade.
After winning on the table play one top trump to see if there is a singleton Trump Queen floating about. When no queen falls, return to hand with a top trump ready to finesse the Queen of Trumops. When the Queen falls in two rounds you can now claim
You made 5 trumps, 3 Spades 1 Diamond and 1 Club.
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You can also view watch the following movie to see how the hand pans out. (You need bridgvu.exe programme and it is available free from http://www.haroldschogger.com/videos.html or BridgeBase programme on your machine already to view it ) |
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alternatively watch the film www.haroldschogger.com/movies2.htm
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