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Answer to Hand of the week, week commencing

Sunday

3rd January 2010

 

   What do you lead on this hand and why ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(updated 31st December  2009)

 

 

 

 

 

K 6 3

 

 

 

 

 

K Q 10 9

 

 

 

 

 

9 5 2

 

 

 

 

 

Q 10 3

 

 

 

10 9

 

 

8 5 4 2

 

A J 4 2

 

 

8 3

 

J 10 7

 

 

K Q 8 6 4

 

8 7 5 4

 

 

A 2

 

 

 

A Q J 7

 

 

 

 

 

7 6 5

 

 

 

 

 

A 3

 

 

 

 

 

K J 9 6

 

 

W

N

E

S

 

 

NO

NO

1NT

 

NO

2§

NO

2ª

 

NO

3NT

NO

NO

 

NO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                     

 

         

 

If you haven’t listened to the auction carefully you might lead normal 4th highest ©2 but you have listened and you will use this to help you make the best lead. North has announced a Major suit, presumably Hearts since he didn’t agree South’s offer of the Spade suit. South is known to hold Spades, Therefore the choice is between the two minors. Your Clubs are a bit anaemic so you turn to the Diamond suit and hope you find partner. With such a nice Sequence holding the Diamond Jack should be on the table. Hopefully partner will contain himself and not show his gratitude in too an obvious fashion but will merely follow suit with the ¨8 at trick one. You will now defeat the contract by tow tricks. Any other lead and declarer has the time to set up enough tricks to bring his contract home.

 

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