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Answer to Hand of the week, week commencing

Sunday 18th October 2009       

 

 

West leads the ¨10 how do you try to make 13 tricks ?

  

 

(updated 18th October 2009)

 

 

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At trick 1 your tally of winners is 9   by way of 2 Spades, 1 Heart, 3 Diamonds and 3 Clubs.

If  the Clubs break kindly (68% chance) and the Spades break kindly (28% chance) with the Queen of Spades being onside (50% chance) then you can amass all thirteen tricks.

After winning the Diamond you firstly draw trumps which break. You unblock the Diamond honour in hand before it gives you grief.. You then cash the Spade King before playing a Spade towards the Jack inserting (finesse against the Queen) the Jack. When this holds cash the Ace followed by the winning Diamond chucking your Heart 10 . Its now a matter of returning to hand by ruffing a Heart to cash the last spade and winning trumps.

 

 

or watch the following movie (you need bridgvu.exe programme to view it) and it is available free from

http://www.haroldschogger.com/videos.htm

 

 

 

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