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Answer to Hand of the week,

week commencing

Sunday 22nd January   2012

How can you take out some insurance in your 3NT contract ?

 

 

 

 

 

9 3

 

 

 

 

 

A K Q 9 6 5

 

 

 

 

 

K 6 2

 

 

 

 

 

10 6

 

 

 

K Q 7 6

 

 

8 5 2

 

J

 

 

10 7 4 3

 

J 9 7 5

 

 

A 10

 

K 9 8 5

 

 

Q 7 3 2

 

 

 

A J 10 4

 

 

 

 

 

8 2

 

 

 

 

 

Q 8 4 3

 

 

 

 

 

A J 4

 

 

W

N

E

S

 

 

 

1NT

NO

3NT

NO

NO

NO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You have managed to win the first trick cheaply. Most of the other declarers will probably be playing in 4©. You therefore need to beat them. The only serious problem on this hand for the other declarers would be if the Hearts break badly and now declarer will be looking at 1 Heart loser, 1 Spade loser 1 Diamond loser and 1 Club loser, in fact going one off.

If this is the case we must play the contract out hoping for a bad Heart break, with the Diamond Ace offside.

At trick two we therefore play a Heart and duck it, especially when the Jack appears at trick two. West continues with a top Spade. We win and cash all the hearts relieved to see the hearts breaking 4:1. We now play a Diamond for our 9th trick. If East has the Ace and another Spade then the suit is OK. If West has the Diamond Ace then our remaining two Spades act as a stopper. It is East who has the Ace and he takes it and plays another Spade, Now the Spades are known to be breaking no worse then 4:3 and the opponents can only cash two Spades. They cash two spades and the rest of the tricks are ours.

We made 2 Spades, 5 Hearts and a  trick in each Minor losing just 1 Heart, 1 Diamond and 2 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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