Hand of the week commencing
Sunday 6th August 2006
You lead your singleton Diamond and partner wins the Ace and switches to the §4
declarer
contributing the King,
Plan your defence
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A 10 6
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Q J 3 |
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10 8 5 |
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J 9 7
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Q 9 6 3 2 |
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DBL |
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After winning the
second trick with your Club Ace it would be very tempting to cash the Queen but
if you did this, this could in fact be your last defensive trick. In order to
break the contract you will have to conjure up a 4th defensive trick.
Partner was keen to play back a Club through declarer, rather than give
you an immediate Diamond ruff, so partner is marked with a singleton Club. Your
fourth trick will have to come from you ruffing a club. How are you going to
persuade partner to win the third trick, if you play back the Club Queen. The
answer is that you make “Life easy for partner” by playing a low club
back at trick three for him to ruff and now he will wake up and give you a
Diamond ruff to defeat the contract by one. Any other defence and declarer will
easily get 10 or 11 tricks.