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Hand of the week

Hand of the week, week commencing, Sunday 19th March 2023

After your lead of 6♥, partner wins first trick with the King covering dummy#s Jack and plays one back and declarer plays low, plan your defence.

 

Dealer: North Vuln: E/W

 
A 9
J 7
K Q J 8 6 3
K 9 5
 
K J 10
Q 9 8 6 5 4
A 7 4 2
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  N  
W   E
 
  S  
8 6 5 4 2
K 10
9
J 8 7 4 2
 
Q 7 3
A 3 2
10 5
A Q 10 6 3
 
W N E S
  1 Pass 2NT
Pass 3NT End  

When this hand was played against me West correctly, lead his 4th highest and partner fired back the 10 and declarer played low and that was the end of the defence. With the Jack going at trick 1 all West  needs to  Queen his partner's 10 and then he can continue playing more Hearts and when declarer plays the Diamond he will be able to win and cash 3 more winning Hearts. The defenders will then take 5 Hearts and 1 Diamond and defeat the contract by two. Sometimes declarer needs to Ace his own King or King is own Queen to be in correct hand. This applies to the two defenders as well sometimes as demonstrated by this hand - what's good for the goose is good for the gander.

  You can also play out the following hand  to see how the hand pans out. (You need bridgvu.exe programme  and it is available free from   http://www.haroldschogger.com/movies.html )                      

alternatively watch the film of the hand being played out by going to www.haroldschogger.com/movies2.htm

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