Hand of the week commencing
Sunday 28th September 2008
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8
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Neither
Vulnerable |
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Q
3 |
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J 10 3 2 |
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10 8 3 2 |
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Q 10 3
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J 5 3 2 |
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K J 10 9 6 |
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E |
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8
7 5 2 |
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7
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6 |
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9
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J 7 |
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9 7 6 |
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Lead
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4 |
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Q 9 8 5 |
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2©
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5¨
* weak Jump Overcall |
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West Leads Ace then King of Hearts plan your play.
This
hand is one of the hands nominated for Hand Of the Month on the OK Bridge Online
playing
site.
Tony
Reus, the Declarer, knew from the bidding West had the top Hearts and therefore
could have nothing else (except perhaps for a “worthless” doubleton Club 9)
. He placed East with both missing Club honours and knew that finessing the Club
10 would prove to be fatal. Therefore he needed to eliminate the Hearts and
Spades before setting up an endplay against East, After ruffing the second
trick, he played the Spade Ace and ruffed a Spade. He then entered dummy with a
High Trump to ruff a second Spade. He then re-entered dummy with a trump in
order to ruff out the last Spade. The stage was now set. The Majors from each
hand had been eliminated. He now called for the Club 10 and poor East was in a
hopeless situation. Declarer was now in a position to lose just the 0ne club
trick once the 9 was pinned. Declarer had brought home 5 Trumps, 1 Spade, 3
Spade ruffs and 2 Club tricks.