Hand of the week commencing
Sunday 2nd April 2006
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Dealer
South |
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Q
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Both
Vulnerable |
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A
K 9 5 4 |
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T
9 7 3 2 |
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A
2 |
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N |
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ª |
A
10 5 3
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ª |
9
8 6 4 2 |
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© |
Q
10 6 |
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W
E |
© |
8
7 3 2 |
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K
Q 8 |
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5 |
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§ |
K
9 6 |
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10
4 3 |
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S |
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ª |
K
J 7
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© |
J |
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A
J 6 4 |
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Q
J 8 7 5 |
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N |
E |
S |
W |
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1§ |
DBL |
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RDBL |
2ª |
NO |
NO |
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3© |
NO |
3NT |
DBL |
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RDBL |
NO |
NO |
NO |
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After
this somewhat aggressive auction West leads ª3
plan the play ?
After the Spade lead the hand should, virtually, become an open book for declarer. With West making an initial informative double, declarer can place all the remaining High Card Points with West, For his double, he must surely have the Club King and both Key Diamond honours. To go after the Diamonds would mean giving up the lead twice and then there would be insufficient tricks.
Initially,
declarer has just 4 winners (HA, HK, DA, CA). The defence will persevere with
Spades so that suit will produce 2 established winners, so just 3 more are now
needed. The only suit to provide these extra three tricks, without giving up the
lead for more than one round, will have to be Clubs. So at trick 2, declarer has
to play Ace and another club towards the Queen. Declarer will have to pray that
the club suit breaks 33. Although this is against the odds it his the only hope
before the defence can get their Spades going in time. Declarer now prevails
winning, 4 Clubs, 1 Diamond, 2 Hearts and 2 Spades.