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Answer to Hand of the week,

week commencing

Sunday 1st January   2012

Lead ª2  plan your play

 

   

 

 

Dealer South

A 9

 

 

 

 

Love All

Q 8

 

 

 

 

 

Q J 9

 

 

 

 

 

A J 9 8 3 2

 

 

 

Q J 5 2

 

 

10 8 6 4

 

A 6

 

 

J 7 5 2

 

K 10 3 2

 

 

8 5 4

 

10 5 4

 

 

K 7

 

 

 

K 7 3

 

 

 

 

 

K 10 9 4 3

 

 

 

 

 

A 7 6

 

 

 

 

 

Q 6

 

 

W

N

E

S

 

 

 

1NT

NO

3NT

NO

NO

NO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Initially, you have 2 Spades, 1 Diamond and 1 Club. Therefore you will need to find 5 more tricks. If the clubs break or you can pin the Club ten you will get at least 4 more tricks from this suit if not 5 (if the club Ten is doubleton and the King is onside).

However this is an unlikely scenario so where will you go for your 9th trick ?

If you go after the Diamond finesse and it fails you could lose 2 Spades, 2 Minor suit Kings as well as the Heart Ace. If you go after the Hearts for your 9th trick you will not put your contract at risk since you still maintain control of the Diamond suit without taking an unnecessary losing finesse.

NB From the lead we know that the Spades are breaking 4:4 and there is no apparent problem with this suit. Therefore we can give the lead up twice (once in Clubs and once in Hearts).

 

With all this in mind after winning the first trick in Hand we take a losing Club finesse. When the spade comes back its now a matter of establishing on more Heart for our 9th trick. We will make 2 Spades, 1 Hearts 1 Diamond and 5 clubs.

 

 You can also view  watch the following movie to see how the hand pans out. (You need bridgvu.exe programme  or BridgeBase programme on your machine already to view it ) and it is available free from   http://www.haroldschogger.com/videos.htm

 

 

 

 alternatively watch the film www.haroldschogger.com/movies2.htm

 

   
 

 

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