cr|264|cb|2255|cg|2255|cr|1255|cb|164|cg|1255|cr|364|cb|364|cg|3255|cr|4255|cb|464|cg|464|cr|5255|cb|5255|cg|5255|bg|5|bt||mn|PIN THE TEN or play for the drop ???|cs|3|at|

 




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            (5th blackened icon along bottom line)|pg||st||nt|In the above situation where you do not have any 10's backing up your Jack can you attempt to still bring in all the tricks in this suit|md|SAK93h2,t6h3,j542ha,q87h7|sk|ns|pg||nt|you might lead the Ace and see if any interesting cards appear|pc|sa,s6,s2,s7|pg||nt|no substantial cards such as the Queen or 10 appear|pg||nt|so we will now enter dummy with the @HA  in order to play dummy's Jack|pc|h2,h3,ha,h7|pg||nt|we now lead dummy's Jack and hold our breath!!!!!!!!!!!!!|pc|sj,sq,sk,st|cs|4|at|

                   {we are absolutely delighted to see the 10 fall from West's hand 
                  - we have pinned West's 10 and now our 9 is promoted to winning status 
                  and we can bring in the rest of the suit}|pg||md|SAK93h2,t6h3,j542ha,q87h7|sk||nt|when the cards are laid out as above and you run the Jack it is known as trying to pin the 10|
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         {it works because West had precisly a doubleton @s106}|pg||nt|But what if the cards are distributed as above ?|md|SAK93h2,q6h3,j542ha,t87h7|pg||nt|then the King|cs|4|at|

         {it works because West had precisly a doubleton @s106}|pg||nt|But what if the cards are distributed as above ?|md|SAK93h2,q6h3,j542ha,t87h7|pg||nt|we will now have to play for the drop as follows|pc|sa,s6,s2,s7|pg||nt|then the king|pc|sk,sq,s3,s8|pg||nt|now North's Jack is good enough to take out the 10 and bring in the whole suit for 4 tricks|pg||nt|                  so which line should we take ?

                   Should we play for dropping the doubleton Queen or pinning a doubleton 10 ?|pg||nt|without the potential of the 9  we would just play for the drop and hope for a doubleton Queen either side as above |md|SAK63h2,Q9h3,j542ha,t87h7|pg||nt|             but with the 9 you now pays your money and takes your choice
            but please be aware of these combinations|md|SAK93h2,t6h3,j542ha,q87h7|