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Answer to Hand of the week, week commencing

Sunday 7th February 2010

 

 West leads ªQ how do you make 6§ ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(updated Tuesday 31st January 2012 )

  

 

 

8 6 3 2

 

 

 

 

A K 6 5

 

 

 

 

K 10

 

 

 

 

A Q 10

 

 

Q J 10 9 7

 

N

K 5 4

Q J 10 3 2

 

W           E

8 4

4 2

 

 

Q 8 6 5 3

2

 

S

K 5 4

 

 

A

 

 

 

 

9 7

 

 

 

 

A J 9 7

 

 

 

 

J 9 8 7 6 3

 

 

In order to make this contract you will need to ruff Diamonds twice in dummy the short hand. To achieve this, you will need trumps in the dummy which means that you will have to delay drawing trumps until this has been done.

After winning the first trick, immediately play two rounds of Diamonds followed by a ruff. Return to hand via the Spade Ace for another ruff. Now that you have taken your two ruffs you can start to draw trumps. Cash the Ace and then come back to hand with a Spade ruff followed by the continued drawing of trumps losing to just East’s King.

(NB Firstly you do not need the Club Finesse to get home. Secondly if you had taken it, it would be wrong and then East would play back another club and deprive you of enough Diamond ruffs in the short hand and finally you would be left to guess who has the missing Diamond queen. Who wants all this aggravation  ?)

 

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