Hand of the week commencing
Sunday 4th March 2007
After a somewhat adventurous auction you, South, end up in 6ª
and
West leads ¨A
Playing imps plan your play.
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Dealer
South |
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A 9
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Game
all |
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8
2 |
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Q
5 4 |
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K
10 9 6 3 2 |
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N |
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10
8 |
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3
2 |
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J
6 3 |
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W
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K
Q 10 7 5 |
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A
K 7 6 3 2 |
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J
10 9 8 |
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7
4 |
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Q
J |
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K
Q J 7 6 5 4 |
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A
9 4 |
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A
8 5 |
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2ª |
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3§ |
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3ª |
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4ª |
NO |
5§* *
Cue Bid |
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6ª |
NO |
NO
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0 or 3 Key Cards (Aces) |
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Firstly
you have escaped a Heart lead. What else apart from the Diamond Ace was West
going to lead ?
In
Imps your main concern is making your contract. Overtricks are not important.
You have a tally of 10 winners- 7 spades and 1 Heart and 2 Clubs.
You
therefore need to establish the club suit for 2 more tricks. After winning the
first trick with a small ruff, you must draw trumps in 2 rounds. Now you turn to
the club suit playing the Ace first. When an honour appears from East you now
finesse the 10. Although the suit has in fact broken you needed to keep the King
as an entry for the occasions when the suit did not break. Now you can claim
after winning the Heart return. You have won 6 Spades, 1 Diamond ruff, 1 Heart,
2 Clubs and 2 established Clubs conceding just the club.