Hand of the week commencing
Sunday 20th November 2006
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7
5 3
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Neither
Vulnerable |
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6
3 2 |
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Q
J |
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K 9 4 3 |
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N |
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Q
9 8
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10
6 4 |
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10
5 4 |
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W
E |
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K
Q J 8 7 |
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K
9 6 5 4 |
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8
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10
7 |
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Q
8 2 |
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K J 2 |
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A
9 |
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10 7 3 |
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J
6 5 |
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E |
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NO |
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1NT*
* Strong No trump 15-17 |
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3NT |
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NO |
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What
as West do you lead ?
This hand comes from OK bridge online. Two experts
were playing East West and agreed to play an “Out of the Blue Double” if
they should every arise.
You are West, and
you are on opening lead after an auction of 1NT-3NT. What do you lead? -Probably
a diamond. But what if partner
surprisingly doubles?
Some players agree that the doubler is
asking for a specific suit, whereas others want their partner to find a
short-suit lead or some exotic lead.
Our expert here reasoned that partner didn’t figure to hold a good spade suit since he was looking at Q-9-8. And the opponents had not tried to find a major suit fit. So he decided that his partner's double was based on a good heart holding. Once a heart is led the contract has no play because the CQ does not fall doubleton and the spade suit does not behave.