27thApril– Board 10. Game All.
Dealer East.
Often when things don’t
turn out as hoped for there is a second chance tucked away somewhere.
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North:
S J 10 7 5
H 10 9 5
D Q J 9
C K J 6
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West:
S K Q 4 3
H A J 7 2
D 8 6
C 5 4 2
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East:
S A 9 8 6 2
H 6
D A K 4 2
C Q 10 9
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South:
S none
H K Q 8 4
3
D 10 7 5 3
C A 8 7 3
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West
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North
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East
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South
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1S
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No
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3S
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No
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4S
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End
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Everyone
can bid to 4S surely, but you have to be careful not to lose focus. Suppose you
receive the lead of the king of hearts and after winning in dummy play the king
of trumps. This is clearly the right approach but things take a turn for the
worse when South shows out, meaning you have a certain trump loser. Obviously
therefore you cannot afford to have three club losers and must play
accordingly. Because you need to play clubs twice from dummy you should lead a
low club now, finessing against the jack. Later you re-enter dummy with a
diamond ruff and lead a low club again and in the fullness of time will lose
just one spade and two clubs.
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