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Answer to Hand of the week, week commencing

Sunday 23rd May 2010

 

Plan your play in 6♥  after the ♠ Q has been led

 

(updated 20th May 2010)

 

 

 

 

 

Dealer South

♠

K 6

 

 

 

 

Love All

♥

7 6 4

 

 

 

 

 

♦

J 10 6 2

 

 

 

 

 

♣

Q 10 9 5

 

 

 

♠

Q J 10 9 7 3

 

 

♠

8 5 4 2

 

♥

2

 

 

♥

9 5 3

 

♦

9 7 3

 

 

♦

K 8 4

 

♣

K 8 2

 

 

♣

7 6 4

 

 

 

♠

A

 

 

 

 

 

♥

A K Q J 10 8

 

 

 

 

 

♦

A Q 5

 

 

 

 

 

♣

A J 3

 

 

W

N

E

S

 

 

 

2§

NO

2¨

NO

2©

NO

3©

NO

6©

NO

NO

NO

 

 

 

 

 

You win with the Ace  with the ace  and draw trumps in three rounds.

What next ? Playing the ace and queen of diamonds will not work. West will show a three-card holding by playing the three followed by the seven. East will then hold up the King of diamonds, to keep you out of the dummy. If you then play a third round of diamonds, East can win and exit with a club. The club finesse will lose and that will be one down. Instead you should lead the queen of diamonds on the first round. East has to hold up. or you will be able to reach dummy and discard your 2 club losers (one on the spade king and another on the fourth diamond). With one diamond trick in the bag. you

continue with the jack of clubs overtaken with dummy's queen If this wins the trick, you can play the diamond queen on the king of spades and finesse in clubs, hoping for an overtrick

If the defenders take the first club, you can cross on the third round of clubs to discard your remaining diamond loser. Twelve tricks are now guaranteed.

 

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