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Hand of the week, week commencing, Sunday 19th October 2014
Plan your defence of their 4ª contract after partner leads the ©10
Dealer South ♠ A Q 10 5
NS Vulnerable ♥ K Q 8
♦ 9 6 2
♣ K Q 8
♠ 2 ♠ 9
♥ 10 9 6 5 ♥ A 7 4 3
♦ K 8 7 5 ♦ A J 10 4
♣ A J 10 2 ♣ 9 7 6 3
♠ K J 8 7 6 4 3
♥ J 2
♦ Q 3
♣ 5 4
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4♠ |
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The opponents should not be in 4ª. North was ill advised to raise partner to 4ª as he should realize the opponents could take 4 tricks and now you must punish him for doing so and cash your tricks in the correct order.
After the lead, you know declarer has the ©J in the closed hand and no way should you automatically return your partner's suit here.. If you idly did that declarer would get home.
In order to break this contract you need 4 tricks and if South has made a correct 3ª opener he should not have any outside values for his pre-empt. With this in mind you will need to take 3 Aces and the Diamond King. You therefore play the Club Ace at trick two (or alternatively the Diamond King) and once partner wins he should also be counting defensive winners and he will switch to Diamonds and quickly help you to take two tricks here.
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