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Answer to Hand of the week,

Sunday 29th  May  2011

Plan your defence to 3NT

		Dealer North	♠	J 6
		Love All	♥	J 7 6 5 4
			♦	A 10 9 4
			♣	Q 5
	♠	A K 9			♠	Q 8 7 5 4
	♥	Q 9 3 2			♥	10 8
	♦	Q J 8 7			♦	6 2
	♣	10 4			♣	8 7 6 3
			♠	10 3 2
			♥	A K
			♦	K 5 3
			♣	A K J 9 2

W	N	E	S
	NO	NO	1§
DBL	1©	NO	2NT
NO	3NT

The auction has shown that the opponents have ended in 3NT with about 25/26 points ands partner has no more than 2/3 . Therefore partner has very little to contribute to the defence so getting your suits going will take some time. Therefore you need to lead your Spade Ace and see what is going on. Once you lead your Ace, your partner comes to life and encourages with the 8. Now you manage to take the first five tricks before declarer gets a look in.