27th June – Board 13: Game All. Dealer North.
Sometimes you need what
might appear to be a bad lie of the cards to see you home in the second best
contract.
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North:
S K 4
H A K 8 6 5
D 7 6 5
C K 10 4
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West:
S A J 10 9 7 2
H Q 7
D 9 2
C J 6 2
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East:
S 6
H J 10 4
D K Q J 10 8 4
C 9 5 3
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South:
S Q 8 5 3
H 9 3 2
D A 3
C A Q 8 7
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West
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North
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East
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South
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1H
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No
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1S
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No
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2H
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No
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4H
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End
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4H
is a trivial contract and will easily be made for the loss of one spade, one
heart and one diamond, but just imagine you are declaring 3NT from the North
hand instead. East will lead the DK which you duck but have to win the
continuation perforce. With only seven easy winners you have to establish the hearts
and you can only do that by losing one. Clearly you have to ensure that you
lose that trick to West and hope that not only does he have no more diamonds
but that he also had the ace of spades so that he cannot reach his partner in
that way. So at trick three lead a low heart to the ace and then re-enter dummy
with a club in order to lead a second heart. When West plays the queen you duck
and then when the desired layout actually occurs you are home. Not a good
contract but making the most of your luck.
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