Hand of the week commencing
Sunday 27th April 2008
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Dealer
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8
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Both
Vulnerable |
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K
J 9 |
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A
Q 8 7 6 |
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Q
9 6 4 |
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N |
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Q
10 9 5 4 3
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K
7 6 2 |
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7
6 |
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W
E |
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Q
4 2 |
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J
4 3 |
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9
5 2 |
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K
8 |
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10
5 3 |
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S |
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A
J |
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10 8 5 3 |
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K
10 |
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J 7 2 |
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W |
N |
E |
S |
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1©
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NO |
2¨
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3§
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NO |
6©
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NO
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NO |
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If
you guess the Trumps incorrectly, can you still recover to bring home 12 tricks
?
When this hand was
played against me poor declarer was an obsessive finesser. With a choice of two
way Heart finesse, he firstly finessed West for the missing Heart Queen. When
this failed and he regained the lead he tried the playing the Club Finesse
leading low from dummy towards his Jack in hand and when this failed he went one
off.
Are there any other
possibilities, before trying the Club Finesse. If the Diamonds break 33 then
dummy’s diamond suit will allow declarer to discard all of his Clubs and then
there will be no need to take a losing Club finesse. If the Diamonds had broken
badly then the club finesse will still be there later as back up.
(NB
don’t forget to ruff a spade in short hand before drawing trumps for your 12th
trick)
You should eventually
obtain 1 Spade, 4 Hearts, 5 Diamonds, 1 Club and 1 Spade ruffed)