cr|264|cb|2255|cg|2255|cr|1255|cb|164|cg|1255|cr|364|cb|364|cg|3255|cr|4255|cb|464|cg|464|cr|5255|cb|5255|cg|5255|bg|5|bt||mn|IF THEY DON'T COVER |cs|3|at|

 




                  {compiled by Harold Schogger}|cs|5|at|






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               In 1989 Zia Mahmood's Tip won the Bols Tips Competition 
               with his psychological tip 
               
              Roll Over Houdini|cs|4|at|

             
                      {If they don't cover.........They don't have it}|pg||st|In the situation above South is declarer and North is the open dummy hand|nt|          In the above example South is declarer, the closed hand, and North is dummy|md|sAKt7,SQ6,SJ543,S982|sk|ns|cs|4|at|
            {with 5 out the percentage play is to finesse East for the @SQ}|cs|3|at|

     {so we get to dummy and lead the @SJ and let it run}|wt|n|pg||pc|Sj|pc|s2|pc|s7|pc|sq|pg||nt|we took the finesse and it failed UGH|cs|3|at|

     {now let us look at all four hands with the cards revealed}|pg||nt|            now you can see that West started with a doubleton Queen|md|sAKt7,SQ6,SJ543,S982|sk||cs|3|at|

          {If only you had known you would have resisted the finesse 
           and just dropped the offside Doubleton Queen}|pg||nt|       But Zia's tip does allow you to do precisely that
       Let us go to the next page without the cards showing !|pg||sk|ns|wt|n|nt|                        We again lead the @SJ
                       and East follows small|pc|SJ|pc|s2|cs|4|at|

   {  Let us put Zia's tip into action, East followed low and "DIDN'T COVER"}|pg||nt|       Therefore we draw the conclusion that he has not got the @SQ|cs|2|at|

       { Therefore there is now  no point in covering and we merely play the @SA}|pc|sa|pc|s6|pg||nt|we now play our @sK  and have a pleasant surprise when West follows with the Queen|pc|sk,sq,s3,s8|pg||nt|Where we got lucky was the fact that West had a doubleton Queen- if it were a three card suit we would lose anyway|cs|3|at|      
                                {but we didn't take an unnecessary finesse}|pg||nt|let us now look at the possibility of dropping an "OFFSIDE SINGLETON KING"|md|CAJt7653,CK,CQ84,C92|pg||nt|              Again South is dummy and North is the open dummy hand so you get yourself to dummy 
              and play the @CQ|wt|n|pc|Cq|pc|c2|cs|3|at|      {north follows low and doesn't cover!!}|cs|4|at|

        { CONCLUSIONS - if they dont cover they haven't got it}|pg||nt|so you play your ace rejecting any finesse and hopefully get a lovely surprise the occasions that West turns up with just the King|pc|ca|pc|ck|cs|4|at|      
                                                    {YES}|pg||bt||nt|

   So if you want to start dropping offside singleton Kings and doubleton Queens then start using Zia's tip 
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  { If they dont cover they haven't got it}|cs|3|at|   

       {But remember the following points}|cs|2|at|




 { 1. Make sure that all extra goodies ie AJ109  are concealed in the closed hand.
  2. If the bidding has shown that you have a fantastic holding in the closed hand 
      the opponents are unlikely to cover.
  3. Not everybody covers at the right time 
  4. You may get it right that the honour is offside but it could be protected so do not be 
      disappointed if its a trebleton Queen or a doubleton King.

             but on Balance this tip does work wonders} |