26th April – Board 11. Love All. Dealer
South.
‘Book’ hands seldom come up
but this deal from Thursday night was an exception.
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North:
S Q J 8 7
H K J 2
D 10
C K Q 10 7 5
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West:
S A
H A Q 5 4
D K 8 7 2
C J 4 3 2
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East:
S 2
H 10 9 3
D A Q J 6 5 4 3
C A 8
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South:
S K 10 9 6
5 4 3
H 8 7
6
D 9
C 9 6
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West
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North
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East
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South
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3S
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Dbl
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4S
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5D
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End
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With
both heart honours in the North hand 5D looks set to fail with the loss of two
hearts and a club but on the likely spade lead declarer has a chance to shine
by playing ace and another club early. With careful management he can contrive
to ruff both remaining clubs after drawing trumps and simply run the ten of
hearts. North can win but has to either give a ruff and discard or lead up to
the heart tenace.
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