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Hand of the week, week commencing,
Sunday 1st January 2017
Playing Match Point Pairs every overtrick is vital plan your play in 5♦
Dealer North. Both Vul
♠ 6
♥ A 10 9
♦ 7 6 5
♣ A Q 9 6 4 2
♠ J 10 4 2 ♠ A K 9 8 7 5
♥ Q 6 5 3 ♥ J 8 2
♦ 9 ♦ 10 8
♣ K 10 5 3 ♣ J 7
♠ Q 3
♥ K 7 4
♦ A K Q J 4 3 2
♣ 8
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NO |
2♠ |
3♦ |
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4♠ |
5♦ |
NO |
NO |
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Playing Match Point Pairs every overtrick is vital so if you can obtain 12 tricks here so much the better.
After the trump switch you can trump an take stock.
You have no club losers, no Diamond losers 1 Heart loser and 1 Spade loser only (or 7 Diamond winners 2 Hearts and a club)
You can generate one extra trick from ruffing a spade in dummy, the short hand and possibly one extra trick from the club finesse.
Normally it is not a good idea to take a finesse in a suit where you do not have a loser. However if the club finesse fails you can always dump the Heart loser on the Club Ace.
Bearing all this in mind you can now draw the last trump and then embark on the club finesse. With the club finesse being successful, you can now dump a Heart loser, trump the spade loser and claim 12 tricks from 2 Clubs, 7 Diamonds, 2 Hearts and 1 Spade ruff.
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You can also watch the following movie to see how the hand pans out. To view this programme you will need to download htttp://www.haroldschogger.com/bridgevu.setup |
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alternatively watch the film www.haroldschogger.com/movies2.htm
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