| + | West |
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Q J 9 5 2 |
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10 9 |
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K Q 10 9 8 2 |
| + | North |
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A 9 7 4 3 |
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K 8 7 6 3 |
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A 6 |
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7 |
| + | East |
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Q 8 2 |
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10 4 |
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Q J 8 5 4 3 2 |
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J |
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Bridge Deal
from the deal bank
You:
South
Dealer:
South
Vulnerability: game all
Source:
The Guardian 20111228
For use by: World Class
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Click on "q1" below to see question 1, and on "A1" to see the answer.
- Question
1
West led the king of clubs and East played the jack, won by South with the Ace. South cashed the ace of hearts and the king and ace of diamonds, then cashed the king of hearts, then…
...what would you do next?
- Question
1
West led the king of clubs and East played the jack, won by South with the Ace. South cashed the ace of hearts and the king and ace of diamonds, then cashed the king of hearts, then…
...what would you do next?
Answer
South then led the nine of spades from dummy … and ran it! This astonishing first-round finesse was required, as you will see, from the end position that arose.
A spade to the jack came next, and with six cards remaining South led the king of spades from his hand. West had three master cards in hearts and three in clubs, and had to find a discard on this round of trumps. Since North had three low hearts and South had three low clubs, whatever West did would prove fatal. If he discarded a heart, South would overtake the king of spades with dummy's ace. Then he would ruff a heart, ruff a club, ruff a heart, ruff a club, and dummy's last heart would be a winner at trick 13. If instead West threw a club, South would allow the king of spades to hold in his own hand. He would ruff a club, ruff a heart, ruff a club, ruff a heart, and his last club would be a winner at trick 13. An entry-shifting trump squeeze involving a seemingly unnecessary finesse in trumps – but if you follow the play of this incredible deal closely, you will see that the contract would have had no chance if declarer had cashed the ace of spades before leading through East's queen.
Other people's bidding
To examine how other people might have bid, look inside box #1 in the right-hand column (>>>), by clicking on the pink "+ button".
The card play
To see a suggested Opening Lead, look inside box #3 on the right (>>>).
Then make a plan! Think for a bit about how you'd play this contract.
Planning questions
If box #4 is there for this deal (>>>), see how others might have planned the play...
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